Show WJ DRY MASH OF GREAT VALUE meat or green cut done should oe be kept in front of laying hens hena at all times during winter the feeding of dry mash to the laying stock means much toward the increased production of eggs during the winter months about ono one fifth of the entire ration consumed by the hen should consist of meat in some form it if they are arc expected to do their best and the feeding of dry mash off offers ero an excellent opportunity to give the moat or green cut bone so BO that it will be b evenly distributed and proportioned to the lion this athla form ot of food should be kept constantly in front of the hens unless you feed wet mash la in which case they should bo be used on alternate days the dry mash should consist of two parts bran one part one part meat meal and one part beef scrap and green cut bone to this may be added if desired one part ground oats the mash maeh food should bo be tod fed in hoppers specially prepared pro and not placed in open troughs troug ha as by tho the latter method the hens will waste almost as much as they will eat the dry mash food to Is naturally eaten slowly by the hens and at a time when they have no grain food that can bo be scratched from the litter As the dry mash is consumed much moro more slowly than Is the wet nil all the particles of meat or bone will bo be best preserved in it and therefore more evenly proportioned than to IB possible in the wet mash the slow eating la is also of benefit to the hen in many other ways |