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  THOMAS P. COOPER, Dean A i
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L FRED MUTCHLER, Director `*“ ’ “ “'
 
Q CIRCULAR NO. 66
  FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS
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Published in connection with the agricultural extension work car-
ried on by cooperation of the College of Agriculture, University of
Kentucky, with the U, S. Department of Agriculture, and distributed
In furtherance of the work provided for in tl1e Act of Congress oi
May 8, 1914.

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FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS { "‘
By J. HOLMES MARTIN i
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In order to secure winter egg prodtietion it is absolutely new
sary that the hens be properly fed. lf they are fed only il grain ri-
tiou they should not be expected to produce winter eggs. ln zxtltlltie:
to the grain a dry mash mixture containing such ingredients as nm; (3;
scrap. meat meal. or a high grade ot digester tankage, added to the l`
shipstufff ground oats, alfalfa meal, or corn meal must be fed. (Se
page il for ration.) i
Feeding Suggestions. (U
It should be remembered that no one ration will fit all conditions.
The cheapness atid availability of the feeds should he consitleterl
Ready»mixed poultry niaslies are very saitisiactory and, if readily
. available and not too high priced, may be ted.
lf corn and corn meal are the only available feeds. a dry mash t2}
{ of three parts corn meal and two parts meat scrap should he Ietl wrt
` the whole or cracked corn. ln this ease the hirds should be inadeizi
` consttme twice as niticli grain as mash. hy weight. i
Feeditig should he done at regular hours. preteralily twice a day
once in the morning antl once in the evening, i
Keep the water pans clean and lilletl with pure. fresh water.   A
It skim-niilk is fed, avoid clianging from sweet to sour, or the tel *—~'
verse. It is best to 1`eed sour milk eoiitiiiiioiisly. i
\\`hile the appetite should always he kept keen. iievertlieiess  
' birds should be ted all they want to eat.  
Feeding is hut one ot the four essential means of securing hy}
egg-production. The other three are: pure-hreil liirtls ot a liigli-1.j-~.
ing strain; strong. vigorous and healthy hirtls; and a eoiiifort;[:Z42 .\i
house with plenty ot room for e>;ei·t·ise, l-`rom this it may li·· st-el Tl
that correct feeling alone cannot give inaxinzuni t-ggYprotliit·tii»i;. i reduce
Necessity of A Meat Fecal.   ` Ul?
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summer if the birds are in confinement. Some of the best green teens  
are sprouted oats, mangel beets, cabbage and kule.  
 
How to Feed.  _ 
The grain mixture should be scattered in at straw litter from six  ,  
to ten inches deep; about one-third the total amount in the morning  
and two—thirds in the evening. The birds should be made to scratch  
hard and work hard for every grain they get. The dry mash should  gf
be placed in a hopper (see Fig. 2) and kept before the birds at all  
times.  
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