Show y I 1 FLESHING MASH AIDS CONDITION the high egg production obtained during the past year on the demonstration farms throughout now new jersey and nt the bergen and vineland egg laying contests is attributed by III 0 clickner Oll ckner of the agricultural experiment station primarily to the use of a fleshing during tile the rail fall and winter season tile the effect of the matill mash tins lins been to keep the birds up to proper body weight so BO that they were able to resist winter complaints and keep on a steady egg production basis tho the fleshing mash used was made up of the following ingredients 1 pound corn meal 1 I pound ground rolled oats I 1 pound semisolid semi solid buttermilk ter milk and 1 pint cod colliver liver oil when cod colliver liver oil lind hod not alre already ildy been incorporated corp orated tit in any other part of the ration this mixture says bays mr clickner moistened with water so BO as to form a crumbly mash Is sufficient tent for birds at one cine feeding it Is best fed near the noon hour preferably early in the afternoon so that the birds will have fent time to empty their crops and take on a good supply of the scratch bafo before re perching the real value in the fleshing mash is that some sometimes wo we find difficulty in keeping the birds barda up to fourteen pounds of scratch and they are less likely to drop on title this account when the fleshing mash I 1 Is s fed thero there Is no danger of forcing with the use of the fleshing ansh since it la Is not a wet ansh for stimulating production 11 |