Show WE MEATLESS heatless RATION FAVORED FOR HEHS hena from the united states D department or of agriculture with wheat so high poultry men will bo be interested to learn that on the united department of agriculture experiment farm excellent egg laying results were secured with a vh catlos ration thirty leghorn pullets to which tills this ration has been fed for one and a half hair years produced an average of 1173 1473 1 eggs per hen for the pullet year tills this compares favorably with egg yields secured on other rations colita containing illing wheat and therefore more expensive tills this pen moreover during the first 16 weeks of its second year lins has averaged eggs per hen eggs per lien hen being produced in march the same ration his has been fed since last november to a pen of butt buff orpington pullets which have laid 53 eggs per lien in 20 weeks ind and hold the highest egg record of any of the large feeding pens of 0 pullets at the farm tills this year two other pens however are less than one egg per hen behind this pen the ration used was as follows scratch Sc dry mash 2 pounds cra cracked corn 3 pounds corn meal I 1 pound oats 1 pound beef scrap parts of this mixture and of thee the dry mash tile total binin consumption 10 n of feed for the year was wag 52 pounds of which 26 20 pounds was scratch alx mixture throughout the year it took lc 40 pounds of feed to produce a dolen doen eggs g this scratch mixture with wheat cracked corn and oats 7 70 0 cents cent per bushel is 49 cents per hun lied pounds cheaper thin than the regular iiii mixture sture of equal parts cracked corn wheat licit a and lid oats another hinsh w which willell is slightly cheaper than this one Is made of 4 per cent caeli bran and idin 26 per cent beef scrap and GO 60 per cent cornmeal if the wheat is omitted from the ration it is very essential to feed a considerable sid erable proportion of beef scrap in the mash but with present prices beel beef scrap Is one of the cheapest poultry feeds con considering aldering its high protein content and its adaptability a an all effective weight making combination feed these experiments the specialists say prove that wheat Is not essential in an egg laying ration mid and that excellent results can be secured by using corn ind and oats is as a mixture provided that thi this 4 is fed with ar j |