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all the hens were called off the nest to eat dinner the 

 same number would not go back again that day. 



"Four to six quarts of feed per day for twenty-six. 

 hens would be about right. If large Brahmas, they 

 require more ; if Leghorns, less. The proper way is to. 

 give them what they will eat up rapidly. Wheat screen- 

 ings contain a large quantity of foul seed ; some 

 of them the hens will not eat and of course they will 

 take root and grow. We have known hens to die from 

 eating the seed in screenings. It is better to feed good 

 wheat. A good winter feed for laying hens is equal 

 parts corn meal and fine feed; add to this one-twen- 

 tieth as much ground beef scraps and some boiled 

 potatoes, mix with hot water and feed every morning- 

 Give whole corn, oats and wheat in equal quantities at 

 noon and night, giving a light feed at noon and ail they 

 will eat at night." 



Farming for Eggs — This account of the methods 

 employed by the poultry specialists of southeastern 

 Rhode Island is given by D. Myron Greene who has 

 spent several years in that section. 



The houses need not be costly, but they must be 

 dry, warm and well ventilated. A convenient size is 

 from eight by ten to ten by twelve feet. These houses 

 may be placed in a large field about fifty yards apart 

 and not over thirty-five hens should be in a house. The 

 houses should always be kept clean, and lice never 

 allowed to tecome numerous. Care should be taken 

 that the soil is not too wet. Houses s'hould be fre- 

 quently moved and the land plowed and seeded every 

 other year. This is not only a benefit to the soil, but 

 to the poultry. Sometimes incubators are used for 

 hatching here, but of 25,000 chickens hatched annually 

 perhaps lOOD are hatched by incubators, the rest in the 

 old-fashioned \vay. 



