Show POULTRY PO PROPER BALANCE OF RATIONS IN SUMMER thousands of hen ecna tire practically forced to stop laying because of the fact that lint many farmers stop teed feed lag nias gollih h and increase the grain feed eed f of their flocks to boget get tile the most e eggs from tile the flock it la Is just duft na as necessary that the hen bent have dry mash in the eummer its as it la 19 in the winter laying liens hens should be forced to eat cat more dry mush than they do g grain rain in summer eummer A good way to do tills his la is to give five tile tho liens it supply of mash and keep beep them penned Penne dup up until ten in the morning without any grit in if the liens cannot be confined they can po be forced to eat enough mush it grain la is fed only at night and nd the ilie dry kept before them at fill all times in self feeders or hoppers one of the he main seasons for f r keeping up tile the feeding of mash during the alie summer hummer Is to insure the best results when tile the flock la Is culled in the fall all flocks should be culled sometime so between the middle of july an and 1 I th the drat of september but it if tile the benal hens are not properly fed during tile the sum 1 aner they will all stop atop laying there thereby byl making it impossible to tell the good layers from froin the poor ones at culling cull in time I 1 A good dry ansh can he made front from pounds of bran pounds of shorts pounds of cornmeal comment and of containing at least CO 60 per cent protein some grain should be b fed along with this mash ansh 1 corn alone will do but it if oats or wheat are available it Is best beat to add SO 80 pounds of one of these grains to every 70 pounds of corn to give variety in the ration oyster shells or ground limestone should be before uie liens hens at all times ns no they need this anater material fal in making the egg shell baell i if as aa much milk us as ono one gallon for every SO hens hena Is available the dry illish can be omitted front the feed of ah ahe hens hena and only the grain and the milk fed |