{ Bran Equal parts, by weight, of { Middlings { Corn meal { Beef scraps This means that they will get more wheat and oats than corn, and more bran and middlings than corn meal. I feed the grain morning and night, and the mash at noon. The mash may be fed either wet or dry. I have tried it both ways but I like to feed it dry fully as well for two reasons: First the hens cannot gobble it up so fast and all get an equal share; second, the hens lay just as well and it saves labour. Feed is expensive here and it cost me three dollars and thirty-nine cents for one hundred pounds of both kinds. I think I shall continue to feed it till I find something better, and I would recommend it to any one who desires a good, satisfactory feed. My poultry record for one year is as follows: POULTRY ACCOUNT DR. CR. Jan., feed $3.15 Jan., eggs $2.63 March, feed .24 Jan., roaster .75 April, shells .20 Feb., eggs 2.28 May, feed 1.85 March, eggs 1.88 June, feed 1.26 April, eggs 1.41 July, feed 1.28 May, eggs 1.96 Aug., feed 3.38 June, eggs 2.32 Oct., feed 1.24 July, eggs 1.85 Nov., feed 1.24 Aug., eggs .63 ------ Sept., eggs 1.12 Total $13.84 Sept., roaster .65 Oct., eggs 1.32 Oct., premium .75 Nov., eggs .38 ------ $19.93 ------ Profit $6.09 Two of my hens died during the first year, leaving six, hence these six paid a profit of one dollar and one and one half cent each, above cost of feed. LESLIE E. CARD HOW ONE YOUNG WOMAN MADE A START WITH POULTRY We had long dreamed of a country home, my mother and I--of a place where living expenses would be lessened and which would be pleasant during the summer for my sisters, who teach eight months of the year--a place where we could add materially to our income by keeping chickens.