74 The Truth About the Poultry Business 



hens are more apt to have watery droppings and white 

 diarrhoea, especially if a little flour is added to the ration, 

 than they are on Ration No. 9. But it is possible that 

 other conditions were to blame, and the results I obtained 

 were misleading. When hens are in good condition and 

 other conditions are favorable, this ration will produce an 

 abundance of large, yellow-yolked eggs, and the hens will 

 lay about the same as on Ration No. 9. 



When feeding this ration, if one-fourth part of low-grade 

 baker's flour is used it will increase the size of the eggs. 

 Many poultrymen consider Rations No. 9 and No. 10 too 

 heavy. All that is necessary to obtain a lighter ration is to 

 add a high-protein bran. You can thus make the ration as 

 light as is desirable without having to change any of the 

 other ingredients. 



I have found that one part of meat to twenty parts of bran 

 is all that some brans need for a correct balance that will 

 make a hen lay. Therefore where we use seven parts of 

 mash (No. 9) to one of meat, we do not need to add any 

 more meat but simply add a little bran, unless we are already 

 using too much bran, say, four or five parts to one of mash. 



We have now experimented on hens with the best rations 

 and, it must be remembered, we have experimented on healthy 

 hens only and have shown the best results from the rations 

 given. Let us now get to work on hens with indigestion, in 

 bad condition, and show the bad results of the same rations. 



Let us say we have been feeding Ration No. 9 and we are 

 getting an abundance of eggs on this feed. We naturally 

 think, therefore, that we know something about the poultry 

 business, and so we get a flock of hens and start in in earnest. 

 These hens are in bad condition when we get them, or 

 become so shortly afterwards. They have bowel-trouble; 

 many of them stand around and when you go to feed them 



