324 POULTRY CULTURE 



Winter Scratch Feed 



Cracked corn 60 pounds, 36 quarts. 



Wheat 40 " 21 " 



Heavy oats 20 " 20 " 



120 pounds, 77 quarts. 

 Nutritive ratio, 1 :8.3. 



Summer Scratch Feed 



Wheat 60 pounds, 32 quarts. 



Cracked corn 40 " 24 " 



Heavy oats ^ " 20 " 



120 pounds, 76 quarts. 

 Nutritive ratio, 1 :8.5. 



Dry Mash 

 Cornmeal 100 pounds, 90 quarts. 



Wheat middlings 150 



Wheat bran 100 



Meat scrap 100 



Linseed oil meal 25 



Alfalfa meal (fine) 25 



Charcoal 8 



Salt 2 



189 



190 



190 



18 



45 



11 



1 



510 pounds, 590 quarts. 

 Nutritive ratio, 1 : 2.7. 



In regard to the method of feeding, they say: 



"In addition to above give grit and oyster-shell, green feed — 

 mangles, rape, cabbage, kale, sprouted oats, etc., and water. 



"In the morning, feed, in a deep litter of straw, a sufficient 

 quantity of grain to keep the hens busy for an hour or two. 

 The exact quantity to feed will depend on the size, number, 

 and appetite of the flock. Provide plenty of fresh water — cold 

 in summer and warm in winter. 



" At noon give enough green feed to satisfy each hen. If the 

 hens have a tendency to fatten, scatter a handful or two of 

 grain in the Utter. This will encourage the hens to exercise 

 and to fatten less readily. Open the dry mash hopper dur- 

 ing the afternoon so that the hens may help themselves. 

 Leghorns, Hamburgs, and Minorcas may have access to the 

 dry mash at all times, but Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, 

 Orpingtons, and Rhode Island Reds will often become too fat 

 if allowed the same freedom. 



