140 THE CORNING EGG FARM BOOK 



Range Mash, which consists of wheat middlings, bran, 

 ground oats, corn meal, and a sufficient amount of 

 green bone, when mechanically mixed in a machine 

 which has been designed by the Farm for this purpose, 

 to give the mash a slight feeling of moisture, which 

 is derived entirely from the juices of the bone. 



There is not so great a proportion of animal food in 

 this Range Mash as in the mash for the layers, and it 

 should be noticed that there is in it no gluten or oil 

 meal. The early hatches particularly are not forced 

 along quite so rapidly, and are less liable to go into a 

 Winter moult than if they get these ingredients, and 

 should they moult it comes at a later date and does 

 not extend over so long a period. 



On such a range it is not necessary to have so great 

 a proportion of animal food in the mash, because the 

 floral growth harbors myriads of worms and insects, 

 which supply a large part of the animal food needed. 



Removed to Laying House Middle of September 



It is now our plan to allow the early hatched pul- 

 lets to remain on the Range until the first or second 

 week in September, according to the weather and the 

 way they are laying. 



The time has now arrived for taking up the first fif- 

 teen hundred pullets. 



The Laying House has been previously prepared 

 for their reception, by removing all the old litter, the 

 nest boxes having been scraped and brushed out, and 



