Show w CHEAPEST FEEDS TO PRODUCE M MOST OST EGGS when tile farmers farmer 1 a wife aunts vant sf to make a good showing on eggs bile eclie nt at once wants a good variety of feeds fee ds from which slie she can prepare the dry mash and scra scratch teli feeds for tile flock sometimes therease there ther eare are feeds in our rations that cannot be included because of expense in some parts of the state or in others the cheap est ration which will produce the most eggs Is our alm aim rather than llian the best ration regardless of price here fire are some suggestions by L U E car card 1 university of illinois for example wheat mixed feed or ground whole wheat may replace bran ani and in the ansh if local prices for these latter hitter tire are too high standard will occasionally be cheaper than tho the combination of bran and lour flour and may be substituted for these hominy feed may replace corn meal or crackling meal may replace meat scrap if the latter la Is too costly however meat scrap Is much more readily eaten and it Is therefore usually unwise to replace it with unless there Is a considerable difference in price A difference of ten dollars a ton between meat scrap and means a difference of only one to two ce cents ants a day in t the he cost of feeding a flock of one hundred hens one extra egg dally daily will pay for this small difference any change in the ration should be made gradually rather than abruptly for the reason that marked changes suddenly made are almost certain to cause a drop in egg production and may cause the birds to molt inott |