48 Report of the Department of Animal Husbandry* of tiie 



THE RATIONS. 



One ration consisted of wheat, corn, animal meal, fresh hone 

 and a grain mixture, "No. 1," composed of twelve parts by 

 weight of com meal, four parts wheat flour, two parts ground oats 

 and one part each of wheat bran, wheat middlings, pea meal and 

 old process linseed meal. One lot of chicks having this ration had 

 also for the first few weeks a little oat meal and some skim milk 

 and curd. The contrasted ration consisted of wheat, corn, skim 

 milk or curd and a grain mixture " No. 2," composed of six parts 

 pea meal, four parts old process linseed meal, two parts each of 

 wheat bran, ground oats and high grade gluten meal, and one 

 part each of wheat middlings and corn meal. One lot having this 

 ration also had at the start a little oat meal. Another mixture, 

 " No. 3," which it was necessary to substitute for "No. 2" mixture 

 near the end of one feeding trial, consisted of two parts each of old 

 process linseed meal, wheat bran, ground oats and gluten meal, 

 and one part each of wheat middlings and corn meal. To about 

 every 100 pounds of each grain mixture one ounce of salt was 

 added. Green alfalfa was fed to each lot. The dry matter of -the 

 green food eaten by chicks has usually been so small in amount 

 that its consideration did not affect the averages of total food for 

 short periods. The cost also of the green food was so small as 

 not to appear in average estimates but only in aggregates for the 

 longer periods. For this reason account of the green food does 

 not reguarly appear in all the tabulated data which follow. 



valuation of foods. 



In estimating the cost of food, corn meal, wheat bran and wheat 

 middlings were rated at $13.00 per ton, ground oats at $16.00, lin- 

 seed meal at $20.00, coarse flour at $26.00, gluten meal at $23.00 

 and pea meal at $13.50 per ton. Wheat was rated at 80 cents 

 per bushel and corn at 38 cents per bushel. Animal meal and 

 dried blood were rated at $40.00 per ton, fresh bone at 80 cents 

 per 100 pounds and green fodder at $2.00 per ton. 



The grain mixtures and other foods averaged in composition as 

 follows : 



