268 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



cost for feed of 90 cents each. The Leghorns averaged 166.1 

 eggs for the same nine months at a slightly less cost. 



"The above ration is best suited to fowls which are confined 

 and have no chance to obtain food on the range. A very prac- 

 tical way to feed it, is to put 25 lbs. of the grain in a bucket 

 and 21 lbs. of the mash in a hopper. The feed in these two ves- 

 sels should disappear at the same time. Fowls will naturally 

 eat more grain than they will the dry mash, so it is sometimes 

 necessary to cut down on the grain in order to make them con- 

 sume the mash. The grain should be fed scattered in the litter." 



