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Farmers ’ Bulletin H05. 
kept in a hopper before the fowls constantly. A moist (not sloppy) 
mash gives very good results when used by a careful feeder. It 
should be fed only once a day, preferably in the morning or at noon, 
and only as much should be fed as the fowls will clean up in from 15 
to 30 minutes. A moist mash is very useful to use up table scraps 
and cooked vegetables, and is greatly improved if mixed with milk. 
The boys and girls must use their own judgment in deciding how 
much grain to give the hens, as the quantity of feed they will eat 
varies with different pens and at different seasons of the year. A 
fair general estimate is to feed about 1 quart of scratch grains and 
an equal weight of mash (about 1J quarts) daily to 13 hens of the 
general-purpose breeds, such as the Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island 
Reds, or Wyandottes, or to 1G hens of the smaller or egg breeds. 
Fig. 3.— Flock of laying hens scratching for their grain. This gives the necessary exercise tokeep the hens 
in good condition. The feed hopper hung up in the left-hand corner of the pen is kept filled with dry 
mash. 
This would be about pounds each of scratch grams and of mash 
daily to 100 Leghorns and about pounds of each to 100 general- 
purpose fowls. If hens have free range or large yards containing 
green feed a general-purpose hen will eat about 75 pounds of feed in 
a year and a Leghorn will eat about 55 pounds, in addition to the 
green stuff consumed. 
GREEN FEEDS, GRIT, AND OYSTER SHELLS. 
Green feeds should be supplied to hens confined in small yards and 
also to all hens during the winter, when no green feed is available in 
the yards. Free range or large yards kept in grass will furnish 
ideal conditions for green feed. Where smaller yards have to be 
used they should be divided into 2 parts and used alternately, plant- 
