PROGRESSIVE POULTRY CULTURE 129 



STANDARDS FOB GROWING RATIONS. 



Digestive Nutrients Per Day, Per Each 

 100 Lbs. Live Weight 



A sample (Mly ration, suggested by the station, 

 for feeding chicks during the second week includes the 

 following feed-stuffs"! Cracked wheat 4 Ibs., granulated 

 oat meal 2 Ibs., wheat middlings 1-2 lb., buckwheat mid- 

 dlings 1-2 lb., ground oats 1-2 lb., linseed meal (aid 

 process) 1-2 lb., animal . meal 2 1-4 Ibs., young green 

 alfalfa 2 3-4 Ibs. 



While this combination meets with the standard 

 requirements as to digestible nutrients it may contain 

 too much finely ground materials to suit some chick 

 feeders. These portions, however, need not necessarily 

 be made into a moist mash for feeding. Chicks can be 

 taught to eat meals in dry form out of hoppers. The 

 quantity of food given in this sample daily ration will 

 answer for about one thousand chicks. 



As already stated in Chapter IV, a balanced ration 

 for feeding growing chicks may be made up of feed- 

 stuffs in granular dry form. The mixture of cracked 

 corn 3 Ibs., wheat 3 Ibs., beef scraps 2 Ibs., and cut 

 clover 2 Ibs., answers fairly well the requirements of 

 the standard for chicks about seven weeks old. 



BALANCING RATIONS. 



To illustrate the method of reckoning and correct- 



