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Show Summer Feeding Pays Flock owners sometimes feel that because their hens are not laying so much in the summer it is not necessary neces-sary to feed them as well as they do earlier in the year. This is a mistake, for neither body condition nor egg production pro-duction can be maintained under these conditions, says a writer in Successful Farming. Adult birds should be given careful attention as to feeding, since the maintenance of egg production will add considerably to the profits. This means seeing to it that they get a good egg-laying mash all the time and that this mash is supplemented by a grain ration fed at the rate of about ten pounds per 100 birds per day. An additional reason for feeding an egg-laying egg-laying ration Is that It is Impossible to cull accurately unless an egg ration is fed. The proper feeding of adults also serves to prevent a molt. The longer a molt can be prevented, the better. As a rule the later that birds molt, the shorter time it takes them to get over it. |