AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS December, 1911 
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STORY OF OUTDOOR BOY LIFE, suggesting a large number of 
diversions which, aside from affording entertainment, will stimulate in 
boys the creative spirit. Complete practical instructions are given 
for building the various articles. The book contains a large number of mis- 
cellaneous devices, such as Scows, Canoes, Windmills, Water Wheels, Etc. 
bitually. Probably the best time to feed 
the mash is early in the morning. Then 
it helps to warm the hens and imparts a 
cheerful hue to their outlook on life. In 
that case, grain should be given before bed 
time. Some poultrymen who follow this 
practice throw into the pen just what whole 
corn the hens will clean up before they go 
to roost. It is well to have the crops filled 
with a ration which does not digest too 
rapidly, and it is very important that every 
hen should have a full crop at roosting 
time, for the nights are long in mid-winter, 
so that the feeding period is much shorter 
than in summer. 
The plan of feeding mash in this way is 
well adapted to the family where there 
are many table scraps, for these scraps may 
be mixed with the mash to excellent ad- 
vantage. A good plan is to have a pot on 
the back of the range all the time and to 
throw into it all the scraps that come to 
hand. If kept cooking, they may be fed 
as needed. When the dry feeding plan is 
followed, these scraps may be mixed into 
a mash with wheat bran and given as an 
extra feeding at noon two or three times a 
week. The hens will relish it greatly. When 
making a mash, it is well to put in a few 
pinches of salt, but red pepper and other 
condiments should be avoided. 
MEAT AND GREEN RATIONS. 
Whatever system of feeding is followed, 
it is very important that meat and green 
rations be supplied in addition to the grain. 
The meat may take the form of beef scraps, 
green cut bone or scraps of meat from the 
local butcher shop boiled to shreds. Plucks 
may often be obtained from the butcher 
for a few cents and answer the purpose 
very well. 
Probably the best meat ration to force egg 
production is green cut bone, but that en- 
tails the necessity of owning and operating 
a bone-cutter. Most amateurs and the ma- 
jority of professional poultry-keepers rely 
on beef scraps, which are sold at the poultry 
supply stores and which will keep a long 
time, as the water has been removed. Beef 
scraps are frequently mixed with a mash, 
but the better plan is to keep them before 
the birds in hoppers at all times. They will 
seldom over-eat. If there is considerable 
meat in the table scraps from the house- 
hold day by day, it may not be necessary 
to buy meat in any form. ‘Too much is 
the reverse of beneficial. 
One of the best means to start pullets 
laying when they seem backward in the 
fall, is to feed them a little raw beef each 
day for a week or two—hardly more than 
half a dozen small pieces to a bird at each 
feeding. 
The green ration may consist of al- 
falfa, clover, sprouted grains or vegetables. 
The vegetables are better used to supple- 
ment something else than fed to the ex- 
clusion of the other foods named. Cab- 
bages and mangels are particularly good 
vegetables. Either may be spiked to a board 
so that the hens may feed on it as they 
like. Sometimes a cabbage is suspended 
from a string so that the birds have to 
jump for it, but this is a bad practice if 
a high jump is required, as such athletic 
performances are liable to result in a rup- 
ture. If potatoes are fed, they should be 
boiled, because of their starchy nature. Any 
other surplus vegetables may be fed freely. 
Alfalfa and clover are very desirable. 
The best plan is to pour boiling water over 
them and let them stand in a pail for an 
hour or two to steam. They may be fed 
dry, however, if in very short lengths. In 
that case, it is best to have a hopper re- 
served for them. If a prepared dry mash 
