The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-02
MENU MAKEUPS FOR EDDY

| A good mash consists of 16 pounds of cornmeal, 61a pounds of meat scraps, pound of brand and pound of middlings
 which should be fed supplementary to the l scratch mixture of 1 pound each of
 cracked corn, wheat andSoats. Another | good mash consists of pounds Of corn i meal or barley meal, 1 pound of mid
 dings, 1 pound of meat or fish scrap, which should be fed in combination with
 a scratch mixture of 2 pounds of cracked corn. 1 pound of oats or 1 pound of
 wheat or barley. A third valuable mash consists of pounds of cornmeal, pound of meat scrap which should be fed in combination with the scratch mixture or | ? pounds of cracked corn and 1 pound of oats. Still another practical mash mix ture consists of pounds of cornmeal, pounds of middlings, pounds of bran, pounds of cottonseed or gluten meal, pounds of meat scrap, per cent bone meal fed in connection ~with a scratch combination of pounds cracked corn, 1 pound of wheat, 1 pound of oats ana 1 pound of barley.
 The scratch mixture should be fed twice daily, preferably in litter from to inches deep on the floor of the henhouse, feeding about one-third of the mixture
 in the morning and two-thtrds in the afternoon. The mash may be fed dry or wet, although the dry mash is more com mon, it being kept constantly before the fowls in the hopper. If hens show
 tendency to become too fat, make them
 work for their feed by feeding the
 scratch grain in deep litter. by feeding
 less scratch grain, and by reducing the
 quantity of meat scrap in the mash The feeder must exercise his own judg-
 ment in deciding how much grain to sup
 ply, as the amount should vary with the
 different fowls and at different seasons
 of the year.
 Generally a good standard is to feed
 about one quart of scratch grains and an
 equal weight of mash Q1a quarts daily'
 to 13 hens of the general-purpose preeds'
 such as the Plymouth Rock. Rhode ls-
 land Reds or Wyandottes, or to l6 or le
 hens of the smaller or egg breeds. rms
 would be about 71h pounds each Of scratch
 grains and of mash daily to 100 Leg horns. If hens have free range or large
 wards contain green feed general-pur-
 pose hen will eat about 70 pounds or ieeo
 in a year and a Leghorn will eat only about 50 pounds, in addition to the green stuff consumed.
 HENS NEED PLENTY OF PROTEIN
 Meat scrap or some animal feed high in protein is one of the important con- stntuents of the mash. In the govern ment experiments a pen of bullets on free range, which received no meat scrap or animal protein feed, laid only 90 eggs each in a year, compared with yields or from 125 to 150 eggs each from fowls fed rations containing meat scrap The eggs from the pen where no meat scrap was fed cost 2.2 cents more dozen Tor 1eeo than when the meat scrap was used Tn the ration, Fish meal or fish scrap can be used to replace the meat scrap and compares favorably with the good grade of meat scrap containing the same per cent of protein Skim milk or buttermilk, either sweet or sour. is excellent for re- placing part or all of the meat scrap. The milk may be used in mixing the mash if a moist mash is fed, or it can be kept before the fowls as drink. If clab- bered and fed thick or like cheese, hens will eat enough of it to replace all the meat scrap needed A little bone meal makes an excellent addition to the mash or it can be used to replace part Of the meat scrap. Green cut bone. if fresh ana sweet, will also take the place or meat scrap if fed daily at the rate or one third to one-half ounce to the hen
 GREEN FEEDS IN WINTER
 Green feeds. such as sprouted oats. al- falfa meal, chopped alfalfa and clover I hay, cabbage and mangled beets shoulo be supplied hens confined in small yards 1 and also to all hens during, the winter season whensn no green feed is available. 1 cabbages may be hung up in the poultry | house. Beets are usually split and stuck on nails on the side wall of the pen about one foot above the floor. Frozen vege- tables can be thawed out and fed to fowls, but usually do not keep well after thawing. Clover and alfalfa may be fed as hay, cut into one-fourth or one-half inch lengths or they may be bought in the form of meal.
 OATS FOR FEEDING
 Oats for sprouting are soaked over night in warm water and then spread from one-half to one inch thick on trays