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Wheat bran 2 parts. 



Wheat middlings 2 " 



Ground oats 2 " 



Cornmeal 1 part. 



Cotton-seed meal 1 " 



Meat scrap 1 " 



Ground alfalfa 1 " 



Thoroughly mix. 



In addition to this, skimmed milk, clabber, or buttermilk 

 may be given. It has been found that milk will, at least to a 

 certain extent, take the place of the meat scrap. 



Fig. 106. — a is a grain storage box to be kept in the hen house for storage of 

 the grain feed: h for the morning scratch feed, c for the eveping scratch feed; 

 6, is an inside dry mash hopper; e, the lid; /, compartment for grit; g, com- 

 partment for charcoal; h, compartment for oyster shells; i, compartment 

 for the dry mash; j, the let-down lid so the rats cannot eat the mash at night; 

 k is a commercial mash hopper; I, the let-down lid; m is a three-compart- 

 ment mash or shell hopper; n is a metal mash hopper; o, a netting over the 

 mash to prevent the birds from throwing the feed out. 



It is convenient to have in each hen house a grain storage 

 box, as illustrated in Fig. 106, a — h is the compartment for 

 the storage of the morning scratch feed and c for the evening 

 scratch feed. The Hd is up to show the interior; d represents 

 a dry mash hopper which should be provided for the interior 

 of every hen house; e is the lid; /, the compartment for oyster 



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