AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



" balancing " the ration. These feeds contain 

 everything in the way of grain that a chick needs 

 to promote vigor and growth, and chicks may be 

 raised on this prepared feed alone until they are 

 five or six weeks old, providing meat and green 

 stuff are supplied. The feed may be purchased in 

 any quantity desired, and usually sells for two to 

 three dollars per hundred-pound bag. At that 

 price it is as cheap as anything that can be fed to 

 little chicks with satisfactory results. 



There are very few cases where it is not better 

 for one to purchase the prepared feed than it 

 would be for him to mix it himself. However, at 

 out-of-the-way places, where railroad facilities are 

 poor and transportation charges excessive, it some- 

 times is cheaper to mix the feed at home. In this 

 case, here is a good formula to follow : 



45 Ibs. cracked wheat 



20 Ibs. cracked corn (with meal sifted out) 



15 Ibs. millet seed 



10 Ibs. hulled oats 



10 Ibs. broken rice. 



If the hulled oats cannot be procured, pinhead 

 oatmeal, such as can be purchased at any grocery, 

 may be substituted. 



Never feed chicks on a bare surface. Scatter all 

 their food in a litter two or three inches deep, as 

 this induces the chicks to take healthful exercise 

 scratching and hunting for the grains. It also is a 



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