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At from 8 to 8:30 A. M. sprouted oats are fed, at the 

 rate of 1 gallon to 100 birds. This is fed in the yards, 

 excepting in very bad weather when it is fed in the litter. 



When the oats are fed the mash troughs are looked over 

 and any needing replenishments are looked after when 

 the oats feeding is over. The troughs are filled to within 

 about one inch of the top ; if it is run higher than this 

 there will be waste. At intervals the mash remaining in 

 the trough is pulled into one corner with a shovel or a 

 hoe, to prevent its becoming stale. A card record is 

 tacked to the wall in each mash storage place, with a 

 column designated for each compartment of the house. 

 As the mash is carried out it is recorded in the appro- 

 priate column. This enables us to determine the weekly 

 mash consumption of each compartment. 



Greens are fed either early in the morning or at noon. 

 We use alfalfa or green barley, run through a feed cutter 

 which is driven by a small motor; and for a large part 

 of the year we have a supply of clover lawn clippings. 



Coarse shell is kept in a box in the water shed and at 

 intervals coarse granite grit is added to it. 



Grain is fed at from 3 to 4 P. M., according to season. 

 The quantity is varied according to mash consumption. 

 We aim to feed half and half of mash and grain, the 

 weight of the dry oats used being counted as grain. The 

 schedule of grain quantities for the different compart- 

 ments is made up once each week. If a certain compart- 

 ment has taken 700 pounds of mash during the week that 

 compartment is given 100 pounds of grain daily the weeK 

 following. This while not absolutely correct is close 

 enough for practical purposes. 



