MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY 



having drinking water before the flock at all 

 times. 



The feeding of baby chicks, young stock and 

 laying hens has been scientifically worked out by 

 research and practical experience over a period 

 of many years. The poultryman, especially 

 if he is a novice, will do well if he carefully 

 observes the recommendations of competent 

 authorities. The ration for each of the three 

 ages will consist of a grain feed and a dry mash 

 composed of grain by-products reinforced with 

 materials that supply the birds' daily nutrition 

 requirements. 



The following rations and recommendations 

 for management have been prepared by the New 

 Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New 

 Brunswick, New Jersey: 



CHICK RATION 

 Baby Chick Grain 



200 pounds finely cracked yellow corn 

 IOO pounds cracked wheat 



Fed morning and evening, beginning when chicks are 

 36 hours old. 



Baby Chick Mash 

 20 pounds ground yellow corn 

 20 pounds wheat bran 

 20 pounds flour middlings 

 20 pounds pinhead oats 

 10 pounds meat scrap (50 per cent protein) 

 5 pounds dried buttermilk or skim-milk 

 2 pounds oyster shell meal or limestone flour or bone meal 

 2 pounds cod liver oil (mixed with the pinhead oats) 

 I pound table salt 



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