362 ARTIFICIAL BROODING 



The eighth to fourteenth day, — bran constantly in hoppers, 

 and cracked grain four times daily. 



The third to eighth week, — keep the following dry-niash con- 

 tinually before them and feed grain three times: 10 lbs. bran; 

 5 lbs. corn meal; 5 lbs. sifted ground oats; 1 lb. meat scrap, in- 

 creased in two weeks to about 2 lbs. 



Standardized Chick Feeding under High Prices. — Representa- 

 tives of the StateC 'olleges of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut 

 and New Jersey met in 1917 to discuss the problem of chick 

 feeding under conditions of high prices and government regulation 

 and to adopt a Standardized Ration for chicks. As conditions 

 since then are somewhat similar the rations are here given. 



It was appreciated that this question was a vital one where 

 chicks were reared in considerable numbers, and the limitation as 

 to the usage of wheat contributed to make the problem still more 

 acute. After careful consideration the representatives of the four 

 colleges assembled approved the following rations and recom- 

 mended methods of feeding : 



Chick Scratch. 



Fine cracked corn 70 lbs. 



Steel cut oats 20 lbs. 



Cracked wheat 10 lbs. 



100 lbs. 

 Possible Changes. 



1. If steel cut oats are not available increase the amount of 

 cracked corn. 



2. When chicks are about six weeks of age the above chick 

 scratch may be mixed by substituting coarse cracked corn for the 

 fine cracked corn and whole wheat for the cracked wheat. 



3. After the chicks are ten weeks of age the Standardized 

 Scratch Ration for laying hens, previously adopted (see page 558) , 

 should be gradually substituted for the above chick scratch. 



Chick Mash. — The following chick mash is recommended to be 

 fed in connection with the above chick scratch : 



Wheat bran 300 lbs. 



Wheat middlings 100 lbs. 



Corn meal 100 lbs. 



Gluten feed 100 lbs. 



Ground oats 100 lbs. 



Meat scrap 100 lbs. 



This mash can be readily obtained by adding 100 lbs. of wheat bran 

 to every 300 lbs. of the Standardized Laying Mash, as previously 

 adopted. (See page 559.) 



