Show FEED PULLETS TO GET THEM TO LAY Grain Vegetables Gravel Water Vater Necessary Tor or maintaining egg production during dur tur ing trig hull fall lUl rind mid l winter whiter months month when If I lurk prices Site lire highest lIt th the following tl s are recommended to tn farmers BOIl and t h by 0 O. O C Cv Cr Ufford extension fur for the Colorado treat luril college probably hll will require about Id 1 In to 12 pounds of or grain per day for nth 11 11 till hens hern of the tile heavy breeds breed's unil end about 8 R to tn 10 pounds dully dally for the theMI MI Hie IIII number r of or hens of the they th lighter hrc lir eds such rh as ns leghorns at lit the h beginning be ho- ginning of production These amounts II v gradually bo hI Increased lIld n m the v IMI I her turns turn's colder one third one of the grain train In the morning and l two thirds for tor the eve eve- feed In n a straw litter at nt least till fin hour before dusk A good laying flying mesh mash should bo he kept before the Ih hens hen all 1111 the tile time In non non- wasting hoppers If It one cue feeds a wet II It quite crumbly and give only amounts the hens will clean up lip In about a s half hour tour of feeding 1 Peed Feed the mash OI about the middle of the day lie UP regular In dally daily feeding and care of the Ie flock ork Green feed Is an nn Important part of ot the ration Rome Some of the sources of ot green feed are alfalfa carrots beets and lawn clippings that may may have e been saved and dried during summer sum sum- flier mer months months Reefs fleets and sometimes r l cabbage 1 lr are low In vitamin value Alfalfa Al Al- falfa talf Is III heat best If It Is available W Water lr Is 18 a most Important part pait of ot the ration ration Water composes two- two thirds s 's of the 1 egg and the same proportion pro pro- portion of or the chickens chicken's I bO body 1 Therefore Therefore There fore tore plenty of water always should be he available to chickens Keep Kerp a hell bed of ot i fine gravel In the laying house homie for grit In winter time Lime Is ls furnished fur rUl In to the form of oyster shell or calcite A simple although th quite tory lory winter winter- ration commonly used for tor laying hens Includes the following Km grain In mixture Cracked or whole corn 00 I pounds wheat 40 pounds pound The mash maRh mixture consists of 20 pounds each of fine cornmeal bran shorts ground oats or barley and neat meat meal Ground around wheat may be substituted for tor the bran and shorts horts Add one pound of ot salt to ever every pounds of ot feed teed |