HOUSE AND GARDEN 
August, 1910 
meal, bran and whole wheat should be fed 
chiefly. Give the heaviest feed late in the 
day and let the birds have cool, airy 
sleeping quarters in which to assimilate 
the feather-making material of their last 
meal. It is well to vary their rations to 
a certain extent, feeding certain foods on 
alternate days. Below are two feed for¬ 
mulas which give the necessary elements 
in about the right proportion. 
No. 1. Linseed meal... 1 part 
Whole wheat. . 3 parts 
Bran . 1 part 
Corn . 1 part 
All mixed thoroughly and fed dry. 
Feed enough to give each fowl a full crop. 
No. 2. Oatmeal .3 parts 
Meat scraps.... 1 part 
Whole wheat... 1 part 
Corn . 1 part 
When No. 1 is fed, the morning feed 
may consist of clipped oats scattered 
about where the birds must hunt for it. 
When No. 2 is fed, whole wheat may 
be fed in the morning. 
During the second week omit the corn 
from feed No. 1 and increase the allow¬ 
ance of linseed meal to two parts. Omit 
the corn in feed No. 2 and increase the 
oatmeal to four parts. During the third 
week, feed as during the first; during 
the fourth week, feed as during the 
second. 
An excess of linseed meal sometimes 
affects the bowels slightly. If such is the 
case omit it for four days and resume it 
gradually. 
This feeding should bring the fowls 
around in first-class condition. 
At the end of the fourth week examine 
the birds. Such as have fresh plumage 
and bodies free from forming feathers 
have finished the moult and may come 
down to ordinary rations. Those that 
have not may be fed the following on 
every other day: 
Linseed meal . . 1 part 
Bran . 1 part 
Whole wheat . . 1 part 
While on the intervening days the ration 
could be made up of equal parts of bran 
and wheat. This is fed in a moist, crumb¬ 
ly mash. 
The dust bath of ashes or clean fine 
sand is vital to the fowls at this time and 
all precautionary measures against ver¬ 
min are of the utmost importance. 
Where there is no pen of grass or 
clover, such gleanings from the garden, 
as pea vines, the outer leaves of cabbage, 
overgrown lettuce, etc., are very much 
relished. 
It is also well to mix with their food 
from time to time two or three table¬ 
spoonfuls of powdered charcoal. 
If any birds sicken, isolate or annihi¬ 
late them at once. 
Give the fowls double the quantity of 
drinking water, as they need more and 
the evaporation is greater. 
If coughing or sneezing is noticed 
among them, put a little kerosene in the 
drinking water — about one tablespoonful 
to every quart. 
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