THE FEEDING PROBLEM 



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busy scratching all day and so send them to roost with their crops 

 full. There is danger of the American and Asiatic fowls becoming 

 too tat and lazy without exercise if given the mash in the morning. 

 Bulletin 164 of the California College of Agriculture gives the 

 following formulas as samples of the many different combinations 

 that can be made from the various feed stuffs'on the market. They 

 are calculated for 100 hens a day, and if fed with nine to twelve 

 pounds of grain, according to weight of hens, and some green stuff, 

 they will form a well balanced ration. Mash may be fed wet or dry. 



I. 



Quarts Pounds 



Bran 6.0 3.0 



Shorts 2.5 1.8 



Corn meal 1.5 2.3 



Cocoa O. C. meal 1.0 0.9 



Beef scrap 1.0 1.5 



Coarse bone meal 0.5 1.0 



II. 



Quarts Pounds 



Bran 6.0 3.0 



Middlings 0.5 0.5 



Linseed O. C. meal 0.5 0.5 



Gluten feed 0.8 1.0 



Ground oats 1.0 0.75 



Corn meal 1.5 2.25 



Beef scrap 1.0 1.50 



Coarse bone meal 0.5 1.00 



III. 



Quarts Pounds 



Bran 5.0 2.50 



Shorts 3.0 2.00 



Corn meal 1.5 2.25 



Soy bean meal 0.75 1.00 



Beef scrap 1.00 1.50 



Coarse bone meal 0.50 1.00 



IV. 



Quarts Pounds 



Bran 6.0 3.0 



Corn meal 1.0 1.5 



Barley meal 2.0 2.2 



Alfalfa meal 1.0 0.5 



Soy bean meal 1.0 1.3 



Beef scrap 1.0 1.5 



Coarse bone meal 0.5 1.0 



V. 



Quarts Pounds 



Bran 4.0 2.0 



Alfalfa meal 1.0 0.5 



Corn meal 1.0 1.5 



Shorts 2.0 1.5 



Barley meal 1.0 1.1 



Ground beans 1.0 1.1 



Beef scrap 1.0 1.5 



Coarse bone meal 0.5 1.0 



VI. 



Quarts Pounds 



Bran 5.0 2.5 



Alfalfa meal 1.0 0.5 



Corn meal 1.5 2.3 



Linseed O. C. meal.... 1.0 0.9 



Shorts 2.0 1.5 



Beef scrap 1.0 1.5 



Coarse bone meal 0.5 1.0 



Salt should be added to every mash, about an ounce being suf- 

 ficient. Pepper may be added occasionally. Fresh lean meat may 

 be substituted for beef scrap in any of the formulas, three quarts 

 of the fresh being equal to one of the dried. Cottage cheese may 

 be substituted in the same proportion, except that it is advisable 

 not to replace all of the meat, one-half quart beef scrap and one and 

 a half quarts cottage cheese being a much better proportion. The 

 equivalent in pounds is given for convenience in ordering. The 

 quarts represent the amount for 100 hens and may be multiplied or 

 divided ad libitum. 



Fattening Fowls 



Fowls to be fattened should be confined in small yards or in 

 coops or crates, especially adapted for feeding. The object in keep- 

 ing them in confinement is to prevent the forming of muscle and 

 sinew, which would occur if allowed to run at liberty. 



