328 POULTRY CULTURE 



"Leghorns, being dainty feeders, never take readily to 

 whole oats, no matter how heavy they are, and hence we feed 

 the minimum amount. But with warm weather we reverse 

 the position of the corn and wheat and substitute, if possible, 

 some part kaffir corn." 



The following formula is suited for large pullets of the Ply- 

 mouth Rock and Wyandotte classes for cold weather: 



Cracked corn 200 pounds. 



Wheat 400 



Hulled oats 100 



Whole oats 200 



Buckwheat 50 



Pearl millet 50 



Nutritive ratio, 1 :7.2. 



The Mississippi Experiment Station recommends the follow- 

 ing rations for laying hens: 



"The ration used throughout the winter months was com- 

 posed of equal parts oats, wheat screenings, and corn. The 

 grain was fed in the straw with which the floor was covered 

 and the hens were forced to scratch for it. Grit, charcoal, 

 and oyster-shell were kept before them. 



"The yards are partitioned, oats sown in them early in the 

 spring, and as soon as the stand is large enough the hens are 

 allowed to graze on it. The green feed during the winter is 

 rape. A small patch is sown in the early part of the season 

 and a small amovmt is thrown into them each day. 



" The mash feed along with the above scratch feed as recom- 

 mended is as follows : 



Cornmeal 50 pounds. 



Wheat bran 10 " 



Cotton-seed meal 10 " 



Oats 30 " 



Nutritive ratio, 1 :6. 



If it is not the desire to entail the detailed work as outlined 

 above, but to have more simple rations, though the results may 

 not be so satisfactory, then the following plan may be followed 

 for laying hens: 



The morning and evening scratch feed may consist of the 

 following, which is fed in deep litter or straw in the scratch pen: 



