Show FEED FOR I 1 does docs your poultry flo flock ek return a good profit over ibe the coat cost of feed during the year it has haa been found that when laying liens hens are fed all I 1 the grain they will consume leg horns ind and similar breeds eat from 70 i 0 toso pounds of grain a year erends like plymouth rock rhode island red and wyandotte eat from 80 to 90 pounds all breeds eat from f rom two to aliee tl ies pounds of oyster s and about one pound of 0 grit a year the average farm hen lays less ihn 60 eggs a year principally from march to june the season of lowest arcos yearly profits in eggs depend largely on production in fall and winter according to the united states department of agriculture rations for laying stock should include scratch grains mashes meat teed feed mineral feed grit and dr drink ME tho the scratch ration should be scatter ed through tile the litter in the poultry house so that the tha hens will get plenty of exercise PT |