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Show I FEEDING FOR EGQS. Gome Suggestions That May Provi Helpful to Poultry Raisers. All other 'conditions being right thoro are many tnothods of breeding that will bring good results, but some methods aro better adapted to one breed than another. Thoro aro some thlr.git, howover, that should bo borne in mind tho hen cannot lay unless alio has tho proper material from which to form tho egg. Every eloment In tho egg roust ! como from tho food. For a tlmo a J porslstent lion can extract some of tho missing elements from her body, but this will not last long before tho heu becomes thin and will ccaso laying lay-ing altogether. IExcrclso promotes health nnd works off superfluous fat; therefore, for all confined fowls tho grain should be burled In chaff or Utter. Water Is as Important as food, and tho hens should always have a full supply. Nearly Near-ly 70 por cent, of an egg and from 40 to 50 per cent, of a hon's body Is wator No ono article of diet will pro-(I pro-(I ii co eggs. The ration should con' sist of grain, meat and green food-nil food-nil of theso are essential. Many breeders placo a great deal of reliance on a mash of grain and meat as a main ration, These mash meals consist con-sist of various mill products rich In A mash meal which Is recommended us tho result of long experiment, saya tho Northwestern Agriculturist, li 200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pound! corn meal, 100 pounds wheat middlings, mid-dlings, 100 pounds Unseod meal, 100 pounds beef scraps. To this Is added ono-faurth Its bulk of clover leaves. Tho clover Is covered with hot wator J and allowed to stand for threo or foui W hours. The mash Is made qulto drj and Is rubbed woll In mixing, so the clover Is separated and mixed with the |