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Show WMff TO MAKE HENS LAY IN SUMMER SEASON Wet Mash Suggested by a New York College Man. If the poulCry flock lays few eggs In late summer, feed a wet mash, advises L. H. Hurd of the New York State College of Agriculture. When skimmilk is available, use it to wet the regular mash, or use semisolid buttermilk at the rate of two pounds to the hundred. The crumbly wet mash may be fed late in the afternoon, just before the night grain feeding. The hens should have only what they can eat in twenty winutes. Another plan is useful when no milk as available. Fill a pail one-half one-half full of dry oats and then fill to the top with water. Let the oats stand from one afternoon to the next and add enough of the regular dry mash to absorb the remaining moisture. Feed the same amount and at the same time as th milk mash. Wet mash feeding usually begins in late July or August. Mr. Hurd suggests : No change in quarters or in feed formula ; provide an abundance abun-dance of tender green food; have fresh water at all times ; furnish shade; and do not allow red mites to attack the flock. He also suggests sug-gests adding two pounds of tobacco dust to each one hundred pounds of mash to aid In controlling worms and coccldiosis, which are thought to contribute to paralysis. The tobacco to-bacco dust should be guaranteed to contain 1 per cent nicotine sulphate. |