The various samples collected were composed 

 Poultry Meals, largely of corn, oats, wheat or wheat by-products, 

 Page 29. buckwheat, and occasionally charcoal and oyster 



shells. Most of them were slightly fortified with 

 meat and bone meal, dried blood, cottonseed or linseed meals, to in- 

 crease the protein matter. Among the other products noted in one 

 or two instances, were peanut waste, corn bran and cobs, shredded 

 wheat waste, weed seeds and finely cut hay. The price asked was 

 about $1.75 a hundred pounds. It is believed that poultrymen can 

 prepare equally satisfactory mixtures at a cost not exceeding Si -50 

 a hundred. Combinations have been suggested in bulletins 93 

 and 98. 



The chick feeds were composed largely of wheat, 

 Chick corn and millet seed, with more or less Kaffir 



and Scratching corn, flaxseed, charcoal and grit. The various 

 Grains. coarser mixtures intended for mature fowls con- 



Pages 29-30. tained wheat, corn, oats, buckwheat, Kaffir corn, 

 sunflower seeds, peas, flaxseed, shells, grit and 

 charcoal. The larger the amount of grit present (as expressed in 

 the percentage of determined ash), the less valuable the mixture. 

 Several of these brands contained from 20 to 25 per cent grit and 

 cost $2.50 a hundred. Practically all of these mixtures were of a 

 satisfactory character. Poultrymen ought to be able to make equally 

 as good combinations at a cost of from $1.50 to $2.00 a hundred. 



