Show Protein Usually Lacking i in Ration for Poultry The most popular ration being fed by the farmers who are feeding a hal bal ration Is known as the Purdue standard laying ration The scratch feed consists of ten pounds of corn com ten pounds of wheat and five fie pounds pound of oats The mash Is a mixture ot of five pounds of bran five pounds of shorts and three pounds ot of hl h Plenty of grit o oyster ster shells succulent feeds and water are kept before the hens at all times The unbalanced unbalanced un- un balanced rations which are Bre being fed to some of the flocks consist of corn cornand cornand and wheat corn wheat and bran wheat and bran wheat and corn The principal thing lacking In the unbalanced unbalanced un- un balanced rations Is an animal protein The hen manufactures eggs from th the feed that Is given to her The number of eggs she will lay depends upon the kind and amount o of feed she receives She cannot maintain her bod body and manufacture a large number ot of eggs from fe feeds ds whIch do not contain the tho proper kind a and amount of nutrIents |