Show balanced ration needed for eggs pro profitable bitable returns from laying hens are largely due to good feed prepared by the th anted states department Dep artmen of Acri agriculture culture good ess egg production and profi profitable tahe returns from laying hens tire are largel the lie result of properly balanced rations composed of wholesome feeds in poultry feeding for egg production carried on by the lie united states department of agriculture that it takes about 67 pounds pound of feed to produce a dozen eggs with general purpose pullets while hile the egg ege strains such as Legli Leg borns orns require about 48 pounds of feed old hens require a much larger amount of feed in producing a dozen doxon eggs results from simple mixture simple mixtures composed of homp home grown grains and their products byproducts by supplemented wit with meat or f ish fish scrap or milk give the most profitable table results A good scratch mixture is one made of two pails cracked corn and one line part oats while a ana h of three parts cornmeal and one part meat scrap will all be found very satisfactory it A fair amount of green teed feed with these rations should give good results with ith the flock since the arnash and scratch mixtures suggested combine t the lie animal protein protean feed bulk rat fat required by it a good balanced poultry ration the rations may be varied to include feeds that are arc easily obtained and that are compa comparatively inexpensive sive corn wheat oats and barley are the principal grall grains is teil fed to poultry ry corn and buckwheat are use used d also but are not so generally available and cost more corn an and d wheat are the two best grains and at are e about equal in value ns Is poultry feeds at although wheat can be fed alone better belter than corn which is inclined to be fattening oats and barley on account of their hulls and higher oler fiber content fire are not so 90 good as wheat or corn rye Is not well relished by fowls aind and Is seldom fed wheat screenings or slightly damaged grains may sometimes be bought to advantage their value depending entirely upon thell quality and condition but as a rule it Is good policy to stick to sound grains in good condition mah made of ground grains A ansh basli insh made of ground grains mill products and meat scrap may uso use cornmeal wheat bran wheat heat or corn chop choi cornand corn addeo andeo and cob meal leaf or ground oats depend depending lit upon uie 11 feeds available an and the relative cost of each it Is worth renie tribe int ing however that just as good results can call be obtained with a simple mabli containing three or four ground grains and meat oat scrap as from a highly complicated mash containing ten tell oi or r twelve B products Dro ducts |