ISO THE CORNING EGG FARM BOOK 



which were reached were steadily maintained. Four 

 thousand layers have been fed mustard in their Mash 

 daily, and after months of this feeding the flocks 

 have never been in better health, and the egg produc- 

 tion has never been equaled even on The Corning 

 Egg Farm. 



The Mustard Bran is about twenty-five per cent, of 

 the cost of table mustard. 



Mustard Maintains Health 



The experiment with mustard, with the eighteen 

 hens, was carried on over a term of twelve months. 

 We do not believe, however, that it is wise to feed 

 mustard to the layers and breeders after June isth, 

 unless the early months of Summer should prove to 

 be exceptionally cool. The mustard nourishes very 

 strongly and puts an immense amount of red cor- 

 puscles into the blood, so that if continued into warm 

 weather the hen is not in best condition to stand ex- 

 treme Summer heat. 



It is not necessary to gradually decrease the mus- 

 tard, but it may be simply cut right out of the Mash 

 without any detrimental effect. 



Keep Appetite Keen 



The great thing, then, to be remembered, when one 

 is feeding for eggs is constant watchfulness of the 

 flock, to so feed that the appetite is always keen, but 

 yet the necessities of the bird fully satisfied; to be 



