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B/ie  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
February  19,  1916. 
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THE  HENYARD 
Feeding  for  Eggs 
What  should  I  feed  my  It.  T.  Reds  so 
as  not  to  get  them  too  fat,  and  at  the 
same  time  make  them  lay?  How  many 
hens  would  you  think  advisable  with  one 
rooster  so  as  to  have  the  eggs  fertile? 
I  am  not  going  to  pen  them,  I  intend  to 
keep  100  hens  in  one  house  which  ia 
400  square  feet.  c.  c. 
New  York. 
There  are  a  multitude  of  good  formulas 
for  mixing  poultry  rations.  The  essen¬ 
tial  thing  is  that  the  ration  should  pro¬ 
vide  both  whole  and  ground  grains  in 
some  variety,  animal  food  of  some  kind, 
vegetable  food.  grit,  lime,  etc.  There  i3 
no  one  best  ration,  and  there  is  no  ra¬ 
tion  that  will  make  a  hen  lay.  A  form¬ 
ula  for  dry  mash  that  I  have  used  much 
of,  and  like  well,  is  equal  purtR  by  weight 
of  corn  meal,  wheat  bran,  wheat  mid¬ 
dlings,  gluten  feed  and  high-grade  beef  _ _ _ t . . . . 
scrap.  A  quart  of  line  salt  to  500  pounds  die  to  stop  the  draught.  G.  J.  b. 
of  this  mixture  is  advisable;  it  should  T  ,,  -  ,, 
be  thoroughly  mixed  with  it.  For  whole  ,  iBflanitnation  of  the  eyes  with  symp- 
grains,  use  wheat,  barley,  corn,  oats,  ^°.r}18  colds,  running  at  the  eyes,  nos- 
buekwheat  and  rye,  as  great  a  variety  :u<om panics  clncken-pox  of  the 
of  these  as  you  can  conveniently  get.  K';‘d  1U  n1an-v  ™ses;  !”1fl  !>T  18  S0,Tae' 
The  mash  may  well  be  kept  dry  ‘before  a  ^P.v  ndor  to  the  discharge.  The 
the  fowls  at  all  times;  if  they  oat  so  swelling  of  which  you  speak  m  caused  uy 
much  as  to  become  overfat,  open  dry  accumulation  ol  the  w.itu>  dischaie  in 
mash  hoppers  during  the  afternoon  only  the  membraneous  sac  connected  with  the 
and  make  them  scratch  for  their  whole  ?,hls  ft0#  *  soconagmus  ba 
irrains  in  deen  litter  As  the  above  mash  S’0’1  probably  not  get  lid  of  it  until 
fs  not  fatbuHni  in  its  Vature  tlnwe  is  3™  remove  all  affected  birds  from  the 
HHe  d/nler  Of  a  fleet  S  i  f  t  flock  and  keep  them  by  themselves  until 
SlfaidbSSoy  S^tbr^hoirgroK'  ^b^thibirLlK 
&  ■flK.TiLS 
S nffici'ent  in  sueb  a  loci-  m  n  n  better  to  tr-v  to  overcome  it  by  good  care 
.  iilici.nt  in  su.li  a  Ibck.  M.  B.  D.  aU(j  misonai,ie  amount  of  local  treat- 
-  ment.  It  is  hardly  worth  while,  however, 
Moist  Mash  to  attempt  to  cure  a  bird  that  is  evidently 
_  .  .  „  so  seriously  ill  as  to  make  her  recovery 
Is  it.  necessary  to  give  fowls  green  food  0f  doubtful  benefit  to  her  owner, 
in  addition  to  the  following?  I  give  M.  b.  d. 
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