flock on large runs and the food must be prepared so as to 

 be more easily digested and assimilated. To feed a laying 

 hen corn in midsummer would be like a person wearing an 

 overcoat on a July day, but the com may be allowed in cold 

 weather and an extra allowance in extremely cold weather. 

 In zero weather the fowls may be allowed all the com they 

 can eat for their evening meal. To produce eggs, however, 

 in abundance, in cold weather you must not deny the hens 

 their share of protein. Also if you will look over the list of 

 foods, you will be able to pick out the necessary variety. It 

 will be necessary for health as well as egg production to 

 supply alfalfa, barley, clover, and sudan grass, or better still 

 sprouted oats, as they contain considerable nitrogen in liquid 

 form, aiding digestion and exercising the digestive organs as 

 well as purifying the blood. You will note the great value of 

 beets as a variety in winter to aid in the digestion of the 

 more concentrated foods. To give com alone, even in the 

 coldest weather, would produce a case of indigestion. The 

 green foods and vegetables must be combined with the com 

 so as to give the necessary bulk and a sufficient amount of 

 nitrogen. Also plenty of fresh water must be given for food 

 results. In extremely cold weather, the chill should be taken 

 off the water. Another important point is the supply of lime, 

 a considerable portion of which is essential for the produc- 

 tion of eggs as well as for the production of bone and feath- 

 ers in the growing stock. Lime is found in large quantities 

 in cut clover, alfalfa, and wheat bran, there being a suffi- 

 ciency of lime to form the shell, also a considerable portion 

 of the white of an egg. Therefore cut clover is one of the 

 most valuable of foods for the laying hen as well as for the 

 growing stock. To those people living in sections where it is 

 difficult to obtain meat scraps and bone, I would suggest as 

 a good substitute, that you keep a rabbitry. Either rabbits or 

 hares will provide clean meat and soft bone for your stock 

 and one hare per day will supply a large flock with the neces- 

 sary supply. This will also be inexpensive as your hares will 

 consume almost any kind of food, even weeds, and convert 

 same into tender healthy meat for your birds. By stewing 

 the meat and using the liquid to mix up your mash, grinding 

 the bones and feeding the meat to your flock at the rate of 

 one pound to twenty hens a day, you will have an inexpens- 

 ive, wholesome, egg producing, muscle making, and shell 

 forming material. The same may be given to the growing 

 stock in quantities, varying according to their ages, with de- 



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