Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

lerfanean breeds.
Amour, by Approximate
Kind of feed weight. cost.
Wheat bran ..... 200 lbs $50
Wheat middlngs ......- 200 lbs. 80
Ground oats -........... 100 lbs. l.65
Corn meal ....,.......... 100 ll,>. l.t5
Gluten meal ............ 100 HIS. 10
Chopped alfalfa ........ 100 lbs LEO
Beef scrap high protein. 20o lbs. 30
Totals .-...............l. LOCO lbs. $3.50
When mixed at home, this dry mash
will, should cost about $50 per 100
pounds. Feed prices vary. but this
will be about the right price.
Dry mash mixture for American and
other heavier breeds:
Amoani by approximate
Wheat bran ;..,......... 200 lbs. $40
Wheat middlings loo lbs. 10
Gluten meal ......... - lbs U.s.
Beef scrap high protein. 70 lbs. o.1j
Totals ................. 40 lbs. $3.50
When mixed at home this dry mash
mixture should cost about $175 per
100 pounds
Hard grain ration for morning feed
Amount by Approximate
Clean wheat HI 'fF' ....... 100 lbs. $50
Oats Observation-Disclosures. 100 lbs. I.9J
Totals Observation-Disclosures. 200 lbs. s4.I5
Feed about five pounds of this grain
little more in the case of the heavier
breeds. The grain, when bought sep
arately and mixed at home. should
cost. at present prices for grain, about
S2.10 per 100 pounds.
Hard grain ration for night feed:
Amount by Approximate
Cracked corn ............ 200 lbs. $3.50
oats -. .'........... 100 lbs. 7.ss
Buckwheat 100 lbs. 200
Totals -..-............. 800 lbs $945
This night ration should be fed be-
tween 4 and o'clock in the afternoon.
in winter. and each 100 birds should re-
ceive about ten pounds. AS directed
for the morning grain feed. the heavier
breeds may be fed a little more than
is given to the Leghorns. When the
grains are bought separately and
mixed at home. this grain ration
should cost the poultryman about s1y0
per 100 pounds.
The dry mash is to be kept before the
fowls, in dry-mash hoppers, at all
times. The morning grain feed should
be fed in the litter. If the poultry
houses are well lighted, the evening
ration may be fed in the same manner
but unless the houses are light enough
to permit the hens to work in the lit
ter until they have made a full meal
it will be better to feed the night ration
or grain in feed troughs. The object
TO roost with her crop full-not half
full, or partly empty, but filed until it
is comfortably tight.
These rations are to be supplemented
with plenty of green stuff, such as
sprouted oats. cabbage, carrots. beets,
turnips. etc. Water vessels must be
kept filled with clean, fresh water. 1t
is better. if possible. to fill them twice
daily, early in the morning and in the
middle of the afternoon. If the water
is warmed the hens will like it better
on frosty days. and will drink more of
it-and eggs contain about IS per cent
moisture. All drinking water given to
the fowls should contain enough per-
| manganate of potash to make the
water about the color of claret. AS
much will lie on a silver dime. to
a gallon of water. is about the right
proportion.
But why not get rid of some of your
varieties and confine your attention to
I a single breed. or. at most, not more
than two breeds: You will find that
you can keep them in better condition.
that they will produce more eggs. and
| that your flock will not degenerate into
a collection of scrubs and mongrels
Why not. at least, try the plan of
raising only white fowls-say, the Leg
horns and the white Rocks?