Show HINTS FOR THE POULTRY GROWERS j in addition to the dito grain and the table scraps in feeding chickens for meat and eggs it Is well to feed a dry mash this dry mash Is 14 composed of 0 various ground grains and Is placed in a mash hopper or box from which the hens can help themselves the advantage of feeding such a mash Is that the hens bens always have access to feed and this tends to make up for any faulty inexperienced or insufficient feeding eding fc the hens do not like the dry mash so well that they are arc likely to overeat but it will supply a source of feed la in caso case they are not getting enough 1 the dry mash also provides a suitable medium for feeding beef scrap a certain amount of which may or may not be necessary depending upon the amount of meat scraps available in the table waste if tile liens hens show a tendency to become it may be desirable to close the mash hopper during a part of the day and allow them access to it only during a certain period preferably the afternoon A good dry mash Is composed of equal parts by weight of cornmeal wheat bran wheat and beef scrap another go good od mash Is composed of three parts by weight or of cornmeal and one part be beef ef scrap still a third mash which has given ezcell excellent ent results Is composed of one pound of wheat bran one pound bt bf wheat 05 65 pounds of beef b beef eef scraps and rounds pounds of cornmeal the beef scrap used jn III the dry mash Is usually the most expensive ingredient but it la a very essential part of the mash and very efficient for egg production it should not be elaml noted bated or reduced unless the quantity of meat in the table scraps is considerable or unless some so ne other product can be substituted for it fish scrap ewhen ewhen available may replace the beef scrap or cottonseed meal can be used to replace on one e half the beef scrap in the th mash no attempt should be bd made to replace more than halt half the beet beef i crap with cottonseed meal as there the re i stilts foults in if egg egg production and in the quality of the eggs willbe billbe unsatisfactory green cut bone can often be purchased from the butcher tills this nia ma terill when procured tresh resh makes tin an excellent substitute for beef scrap it should be purchased in small quantities as it can not be kept fresh for any length of time and when spoiled may cause caus e severe severd bowel trouble it Is best fed in et a trough not oftener than every other day allowing about one half ounce per bird should severe or cir continued looseness of the bowels follow the feeding of ot green green cut bone it should be discontinued or the quantity reduced Viege table tops parings and other oth er vegetable refuse supply a valuable and very necessary greci feed for the hens lawn clippings also are a valuable valuably e green feed they can be fed as soon as cut or they may be dried or cured stored in bags and saved until winter when they can be soaked in warm warin water and fed in that condition or be mixed with some of the mash or with the table scraps |