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Two suggestions for home-mixed laying mashes are as follows : — 



I. 



20 pounds ground oats. 

 20 pounds corn meal. 

 20 pounds wheat bran. 

 20 pounds beef scrap. 

 20 pounds wheat middlings. 

 20 pounds gluten feed. 



II. 



20 pounds wheat bran. 

 20 pounds wheat middlings. 

 20 pounds ground oats. 

 20 pounds com meal. 

 20 pounds meat scraps. 



Animal Products. —The meat and meat and bone by-products are 

 grouped in accordance with their phosphoric acid content. Those which 

 contain less than 10 per cent of phosphoric acid are considered meat products; 

 those which contain 10 per cent or over are considered meat and bone prod- 

 ucts. A considerable proportion of bone is not objectionable in a poultry 

 scrap, providing the product is free from odor or decomposition. The price 

 paid should, however, be less for an article containing considerable bone and 

 a consequently lower protein content than for the higher grade goods. Great 

 care should be exercised in the selection of scraps, even though a fancy price 

 must be paid for high-class goods. Avoid tainted material. Too much of 

 the scrap offered is more fit for fertilizer than for feeding. 



The fish products found in limited amounts are satisfactory substitutes for 

 the meat products when made from undecomposed material and free from 

 salt, but the price should correspond closely to that of meat scraps of equal 

 protein content. 



