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rate the layers from the non-layers, and you can make the 

 non-layers lay without affecting the layers. If part of your 

 flock should have bowel-trouble, you will generally find that 

 it is the weaker or non-laying hens. By separating the non- 

 layers and by making the proper change in the ration, you 

 will put them in good condition. 



If your hens have white-diarrhoea feed them the following 

 ration: 



EATION NO. 11 



2 parts coarse Turkey Red bran, 

 1 part Ration No. 14, 

 5% beef-scrap, 

 Wheat only for grain. 



If a sudden change is made to this ration from a heavy 

 ration like, No. 9 or No. 10 in the fall or early spring it will 

 cause some of the hens to moult. But a slight moult is 

 better than a lot of dead hens. 



Hens suffering from white-diarrrhoea will not eat corn 

 after a short time if other grains are to be had. Watch them 

 carefully when they have this trouble and give them wheat 

 and corn, and you will find that in a short time they will 

 refuse the corn and go after the wheat, that is providing 

 the rations is not too heavily balanced with protein, in which 

 case the hen may go after the corn in spite of her trouble. 



Hens fed on Ration No. 10 are liable to white-diarrhoea 

 i£ the corn is not good and with some brans and middlings 

 and conditions of hens. 



Bowel-trouble is caused by the ingredients in the food 

 being of the wrong kind and is the worst enemy you have to 

 contend with. You will not have very much bowel-trouble 

 using Rations 9 and 14. 



