EGG PRODUCTION 
in the dry mash, takes the place of meat 
in the rations; but where the very best 
results are expected, a very little meat 
scrap, or some other form of lean meat, 
should be added to their rations. When 
eottonseed meal or linseed meal is not 
used in the dry mash or in any other of 
their rations, and there is no sour milk, 
then fifteen per cent. of the dry mash 
should consist of meat scrap. 
They should have plenty of green food 
in winter as well as in the summer. Their 
range, if it is not too small, will furnish, 
if well managed, green food both winter 
and summer, except in times of drought 
or heavy fall of snow. Wheat or rye may 
be sown early in the fall to make winter 
pasture for them. In the absence of green 
pasture, on account of drought in summer 
or snow in winter, keep before them some 
bright, clean alfalfa or clover hay. They 
will pick off the leaves, and the coarse 
part can be fed to the cows. Our hens 
eat with great relish the bits of leaves 
that fall from the Kafir and cane that we 
feed our cows. The poultry should be 
kept off of the sown wheat or rye until it 
gets a good start, or they will kill it out. 
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