FEEDING PRACTICES AND APPLIANCES 391 



Typical Laying Rations. — The Purdue Experiment Station' 

 has had excellent success with the following ration for laying 

 hens in confinement : 



Grain, Dkt mash. 



10 pounds corn 5 ' pounds bran 



10 pounds wheat 5 pounds shorts 



5 pounds oats 3J pounds meat scraps 



25 pounds 13J pounds 



The grain mixture is fed in a deep litter, a light feed 

 being given in the morning, and all the hens will consume 

 in the evening. The dry-mash hopper is kept open all the 

 time in the case of the lighter breeds, but is left closed until 

 noon for the middle-weight and heavy breeds. In the 

 winter, succulence in the form of silage, sprouted oats, 

 cabbage, ,or stock beets is supplied. Professor Philips 

 suggests the following possible variations in this ration: 



(1) replace the beef scrap with 62 pounds of skim milk; 



(2) drop out the wheat and increase the corn and oats; 



(3) in case fowls are following stock and can pick up an 

 abundance of corn, the grain portion of the ration may be 

 greatly reduced; (4) during the summer when the fowls 

 are allowed to range freely, the mash portion of the ration 

 may be considerably reduced. 



A laying ration originating at the Cornell Station and 

 fed with excellent success at several of the stations is made 

 up as follows: The scratching part of the ration consists 

 of three parts wheat, two parts corn or kafir, and one part 

 oats. The dry mash, fed at the rate of one pound for each 

 two pounds of the scratching feed consumed, consists of: 



60 pounds corn meal 

 60 pounds wheat middlings or shorts 

 50 pounds meat scrap 

 30 pounds wheat bran 

 10 pounds linseed-oil meal 

 10 pounds alfalfa meal 

 1 pound salt 



' Purdue Extension Bulletin No. 10. 



