Show ration recommended for making of winter eggs the following ration for winter ess egg production recommended by the missouri college of agriculture satisfies tile the needs of the lie hens and is economical and practical during the past year it has been fed on a number of 0 farms with good results scratch grain ten pounds of shelled corn and five fire pounds of dry threshed oats dry mash three pounds of wheat bran three pounds of wheat shorts and one and one halt half pounds commercial meat berna where milk Is plentiful three gallons of skim milk or buttermilk fu furnished rions each liens hens dally daily will take tile the place of meat scrap either milk or some form of lean meat ineat must be supplied in every ration for successful winter egg production commercial meat scrap can be obtained from most feed dealers in pound sacks one stick sack will supply protein needed by liens for more than two months barley or feed wheat may be used instead of 0 oats cornmeal or ground oats may be substituted for shorts in the mash alfalfa meal or clover leaves may take the place of the bran A good grade of may be used instead of 0 the meat scrap in feeding tills this ration till all grain should be fed in deep straw to compel the birds to exercise the mash should lie be fed in self feeding hoppers or troughs and a supply kept before the birds in addition to tills this ration hens should have tin an abundance of water a supply of green food and free access to sharp grit and cruN crushed lied oyster shells or sort soft limestone grit with early hatched pullets housed comfortably and fed tills this ration winter eggs are ass assured |