5a THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 



ously in order to get the grain which has been ac- 

 cumulating from day to day. On one commercial 

 plant, the evening meal on Sunday is always omit- 

 ted. 



There are hoppers in great variety and at low 

 prices. The kind which may be easily closed at 

 night and which are made of metal are particularly 

 desirable, because they prevent loss of grain from 

 the depredations of rats and mice. A hopper may 

 be easily made at home, however, by using a soap 

 box, and a few moments' study of a ready-made 

 hopper at the store will be enough to suggest to a 

 man handy with tools how to go about the job. The 

 amateur with but little time at his disposal will do 

 well to use a hopper large enough to hold sufficient 

 mash for a week or more. 



If one prefers to mix his own mash, he may adopt 

 one of several formulas. A simple one is : Three 

 parts bran, two parts ground oats, two parts mid- 

 dling, one part corn meal and one part beef scraps. 

 This would need to be supplemented with green 

 food of some kind. Here is another combination: 

 Twelve lbs. corn meal, 6 lbs. wheat bran, 12 lbs. 

 wheat middlings, 10 lbs. meat scraps, 2 lbs. oil meal, 

 4 lbs. alfalfa meal. 



