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were conducted separately in the light breeds The wet mash was 

 composed of: Bran, 16 lbs.; ground oats, 4 lbs.; pollard, 20 lbs.; 

 peameal, 4 lbs.; oatmeal pollard, 4 lbs.; minced liver, 8 lbs. The 

 whole was mixed together with liver soup, given warm in a crumbly 

 condition. About 2 ozs. were allowed to each bird in the morning. 

 One ounce mixed with green lucerne, chaffed and silver beet was given 

 at mid-day. For the evening meal, wheat, oats, and crushed maize 

 were supplied, varied according to appetite and weather conditions. 

 From 2 to Ih ozs. were allowed to each bird. Onions were given 

 occasionally as a tonic. The formula of dry mash, which was intro- 

 duced by myself, has been very successful. It is made up as follows: — 

 Bran, 20 lbs.; wheat pollard, 48 lbs. ; oatmeal pollard, 33 lbs.; peameal. 



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16 lbs. ; ground oats (portion of hulls removed), 10 lbs. To this was 

 added 2 lbs. of black or brown sugar. Tlie whole was well mixed and 

 placed in an automatic hopper, to which the birds had access during the 

 day. Animal food, generally consisting of boiled liver, at the rale of 

 1 oz. to eacli bird, was given three or four times a week. Green lucerne, 

 silver beet, or clover, was chaffed and fed at mid-day. The evening 

 meal was comj)osed of wheat and oats, and during cold or rough weather 

 maize was added. Shell grit and charcoal were always on hand, and a 

 constant supply of water was given l)v troiisrlis rnnnin<j the full length 

 of the pens. 



