40 MRS. BASLEY'S WESTERN POULTRY BOOK 



will not fail in being vigorous. There is no food equal to oats for 

 giving vigor. The reason I feed alfalfa is that although it shows 

 on analysis almost the same protein content as bran, it gives the 

 yolk of the eggs a rich orange hue which bran fails to impart. All 

 fowls need plenty of green food and clean water. The green food 

 is the cheapest food you can give and keeps the digestive organs 

 in good condition. Green food must be given daily. 



Rations of Successful Breeders 



Wilcox Standard Mash — 50 lbs. heavy wheat bran, 20 lbs. corn 

 meal, 14 lbs. ground barley, 5 lbs. oil cake or cotton-seed meal, 

 10 lbs. beef scrap, 1 lb. fine charcoal. 



Johnson Formula — 80 lbs. wheat bran, 15 lbs. alfalfa meal, 15 

 lbs. cracked raw bone, 1 pint of home-made condiment. 



Bickford Dry Mash — One part corn meal, 1 part middlings, 2 

 parts heavy wheat bran, 1-10 part meat or blood meal, 1-10 cot- 

 ton-seed meal, a good handful of salt to one hundred pounds. 



Goodacre Standard Mash — Ten lbs. wheat bran, 2 lbs. corn 

 meal, 2 lbs. fine meat meal, 1 lb. linseed meal. 



Walton's Dry Mash — 12 parts wheat bran, 4 parts corn meal, 

 2 parts beef scrap, 2 parts alfalfa meal, 2 parts granulated milk, y 2 

 part charcoal. 



Cowles Dry Mash — One part each of corn, wheat and barley 

 ground up together. To 80 lbs. of the above add 5 lbs. of blood 

 meal, 5 lbs. of bone meal, 10 lbs. of meat meal and a little charcoal. 



For One Dozen Hens 



Rations for one dozen breeding hens, American class, in con- 

 finement, for three days' rotation. 



Monday morning — One pint and a half grain, wheat, cracked 

 corn and nulled oats, equal parts mixed and scattered in straw or 

 litter in scratching pen. Noon : Cut clover or lawn clippings. Even- 

 ing: Mash, 1 qt. heavy bran; 1 qt. ground oats; 1 pt. corn meal; 1-3 

 of the whole cut clover or alfalfa meal ; 1 tablespoonful each of salt 

 and pulverized charcoal ; y 2 pt. beef scraps. 



Tuesday morning — \y 2 pts. mixed grain, wheat and rolled bar- 

 ley. Noon : green feed, pumpkins or clover ; 1 pt. green cut bone. 

 Evening: Mash, 1 pt. cooked vegetables and table scraps, 1 qt. bran, 

 1 pt. cornmeal, a little salt and pepper. 



Wednesday morning — \y 2 pt. mixed grain ; wheat, hulled oats, 

 kaffir corn. Noon : Cabbage or beets. Evening : Mash, 1 pt. peas 

 or beans soaked over night, boiled with a little soda until soft; l /i 

 pt. dried blood, or beef scraps, 1-3 cut clover. If you cannot get 

 beans cheaply, use potatoes or other vegetables. 



Follow the same system the remaining three days. 



Sunday, instead of the mash, scald three pints of rolled barley 

 in the morning, cover and leave to steam. Feed in the evening in- 

 stead of the mash; this makes a pleasant change and saves work 

 for the Sabbath. 



The reason for feeding the mash at night is to keep the hens 



