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Show Feeding Poultry Flock for Profit During Year (Prepared by the United mate Department Depart-ment of AKrlculture.) Does your poultry flock return a good profit over the cost of feed during the year? t has been found that when laying hens are fed all the grain they will consume Leghorns and similar breeds eat from "II to 80 pounds of grain n year. Mreeds like the l'lymouth Hock. Ithode Island Red, and Wyandotte Wyan-dotte eat from SO to !)"i pounds. All breeds eat from two to three pounds of oyster shells and about one pound of grit n year. The average farm hen lays less than 00 eggs a year, principally from March to June, the season of lowest prices. Yearly profits In eggs depend largely on production In fall and winter, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Agri-culture. Iiatlnns for laying stock should Include scratch grains; mashes, meat feed, green feed, mineral feed, grit, and drink. The scratch ration should be scattered through the litter In the poultry house. |