Show EGG production CUT BY SKIMPING I 1 fresh water must be furnished in clean vessels if biddy Is well bred and liro properly perly nian managed aged she will produce tor for her er owner 1 14 eggs a year but to lay those 12 dozen eggs weighing 13 pounds requires from TO 70 to 00 90 pounds of feed skimping on feed simply means that egg production la Is being cut down says G T klein kieen extension poultry roan kansas state stale agricultural college out of every five pounds of feed a hen best eats while in good laying condition four pounds are used to maintain her body and one pound la is turned into eggs another item in egg production must be kept in mind eggs cannot be produced unless the feed contains the materials from which eggs are made cautious cautions the poultry specialist by way of strengthening this point he saas that an egg exclusive of the shell Is made up of 74 per cent water 15 per cent protein 10 per cent fat and 1 per cent ini mineral water for the egg must be furnished famished by means of plenty or of fresh water in clean drinking equipment protein Is manufactured from bugs worms insects milk meat scraps and alfalfa fat Is made from grain and starchy feed lime found chiefly in the shell comes from oyster shell or limestone in stressing the nee need tor mash klein assures poultry re raisers eliat it home grown grains are used a ration composed of pounds each of corn wheat and oats with 75 pounds of meat scraps added may be mixed for approximately |