Show BALANCED RATIONS FOR LAYING HE HENS NS in making up rations it to Is naces feces warl nry to adhere to standards within Car taft ts but some feeds may be for or others na its barley cheat and oats for or corn however meat at scrap and other animal protein eads cannot be replaced by high protein feeds all changes be made idad gradually era dually na as sudden budden chances may lay decrease egg production A 4 great many poultry men and livestock feeders now believe that the be animal has a free choice it I 1 will select tile tho ration that la Is most i suitable at the government farm farni at beltsville ML the hollowing following mash was ninde up by keeping account of amounts of tho the different feeds a I 1 die b flock consumed s I 1 laying flying mash 1 il pounds corn meat 4 tu pounds meat scrap 1 pound bran pound impound 1 scratch i pound impound cracked corn j i pound wheat I 1 pound oats oata here Is a simple ration that has given very good results with Legli leghorn orns tint but that has proved too fattening for bocks find and Wyan dottes meat kernp it will be seen makes up over 25 23 pvc pur cent of tha mash mash pounds impounds corn meal 1 I pound meat scratch tell mixture 1 pound cracked corn 1 pound oats ats for birds that aro are made too fat hr by the ille preceding ration tho follo following whig containing only 10 16 per cent of meat ineat krap but blit having considerable protein la in other feeds has been found a good 1 one mash 1 pound corn meal 1 pound bran pound meat scrap 1 pound I 1 pound ground oats scratch mixture pounds cracked corn 1 pound wheat I 1 pa und eatn 1 pound barley Poultry men resort ti to every possible means to get their liens tells to eat a great deal of feed especially in the winter when the days aro short sli ort one way la Is to cut the morning mornin scratch feed to about half the hungry bird then goes to the mash trough and gorges on the dry mash then to increase the consumption of mash some of it isfeld wet at noon and the hens will eat it when they would take fake no more of 0 it dry |