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Show PEED FOR CHICKENS SUGGESTED BY A. C.1, 'M i The local extension office h is re- , ; IrII colved a large number of inquiries jl'lj vis to the feeds to use for laying hens, j ciccordlng to W. P. Thomas, county I agent. Foi Information ri other poultry-1 1 men, who may be interested. these J : recommendations from Professor By- i tod Alder of. the Agricultural college.) aro submitted: "The feed that wo arc usdng here at j ' the college" at tho present time and that we are Recommending here in th- I RHR statc as a scratch feed is made of two : .parts of corn, two parts of wheat, one I njBtjl jarl of good, full white oats. This rftXHU) should bo fed twice a day. in a good clean dry straw litter at the rate of 12 j i ipounds a ddy for one hundred hens j iduring the winter and eight pounds I m ;por day for one hundred birds dui j 1 jf j ing the summer, gradually reducing j j .and Increasing the teed from one i- urcmo to the othci during the spring j : f(J and fall. We usually feed about one- j j dhlrd of the usual amount of scratch ( mHJ .feed for the day In the morning, and , Itwo thirds about 4 p. m , or a little i earlier in the winter. then we keep ia mash berorc our birds all of the I ' rtlme made of two parts bran . two j parts finely ground corn and one part I flPfl ot shorts When we have plenty of I skim milk so that the birds can have all they can drink, we add ten per 1 1 nWt! cent of the total mash weight of meat j meal and three per cent rharcoal and ' JtLI three-fourths of one per cent fine salt, i Where the Rklm or butter milk are not available tnen the mash should be 20 per 'dent meat meal with the iame amount of sale and the c harcoal as before. Oyster fhell and fine gra - el and fresh water should be available j ai' '" of tn tlme- "Durlng the winter, we feed dry 1 HH alfalfa leaved usually keeping them In ! tho trough, or feed hopper so that the J llrds inn eat them whenever they de- I sir". Mangels alHo are very good feed iji ! i" '-'i in adilniori io ail.illa ea.-s. : During the summer, growing green j jM feed or tresh cut green feci is an lm- portant paa't of the ration." oo |