372 BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



corn meal, buckwheat, and oats with the hulls removed. 

 A ration of one to two parts corn meal, one part middlings 

 and five per cent meat scrap may be used if it is not possible 

 to secure the other grains. It is important, whatever grains 

 are used, that they be finely ground. If this ration is mixed 

 with sour milk, no animal food will be needed." 



It will be noticed that in all the above rations, corn, 

 wheat, oats, and wheat bran or middlings are the standard 

 foods used. Meat meal or beef scrap, skimmed milk, and 

 clover or alfalfa, are always desirable. In the far West, 

 Kaffir corn or millet seed may be used to advantage. Where 

 barley is commonly grown, this is to be recommended as a 

 feed, and may be used in place of corn if desired. 



A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION 



1. Compare the crop and the gizzard. 



2. What kind of diet should be given a fowl? 



3. How often should poultry be fed? 



4. Explain the meaning of forced feeding, and when it is prac- 

 ticed. 



5. Why is mineral matter fed, and under what conditions? 



6. Under what conditions should watei be supplied? 



7. Give the method of feeding young chicks in brooders as used at 

 the Maine station. 



8. Give two rations for laying hens used in different states, and the 

 method of feeding. 



9. Name the five most common feeding stuffs used. 



SOME LITTLE EXPERIMENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 



10. Carefully examine the crop and digestive organs of a chicken. 



(a) When taken from a freshly-killed fowl. 



(b) Freeze a fowl solid in winter, and with a saw, cut it 

 in two lengthwise and somewhat on one side, to show 

 the digestive organs in place. 



11. Make up two pens of hens, equal in number. Feed one lot 

 a carbonaceous food, like corn; the other a protein food, such as wheat. 



