Show Pay More l Attention to Feeding Poultry Flock With the coming of cold weather and higher prices for tor eggs careful poul- poul pa pay more attention than ever everto everto everto to the feeding of their flocks so egg production may start early and be maintained as long as ds possible To help meet the demand for information on feeding the time college of ot agriculture at Ithaca has published a bulletin contaIning containing con con- taming the time rations it has found b by experiment experiment ex ex- experiment to be the most efficient DIrections Directions Directions Di DI- for the use of these feeds and for the management of ot flocks are also discussed two things which in the words of ot the bulletin are as important important im im- as the mixtures themselves The amount of ot feed depends upon I the appetites of ot the birds and no definite rule for feeding will apply appl to to all conditions Scant feeding In the morning and at noon followed by a heavy feeding of ot grain In the litter Utter of ot the time hen house hOUle early enough so the birds will find it before dark has given giyen best results Green feed oyster shell and clean fresh tresh pure wafer Yarer are also essential Equal parts b by weight of mash and grain are fed the former Is made as as as' follows for laying hens loa pounds pounds' each cach of ot wheat bran wheat cornmeal ground oats or ground barley bar bar- Icy ley and meat scrap and three pounds of salt The grain mixture consists of of pounds of ot cracked corn com pounds each of barley and wheat and pounds of heavy oats A copy eop of the bulletin will be sent to those who write to the college at Ithaca for E B 45 |