45 



45 pounds corn meal. 70 pounds bran. 



45 pounds ground oats. 70 pounds line middlings. 



10 pounds beef scraps. 70 pounds corn meal. 



Approximate cost $1.50 a hundred. Appro.ximate cost I1.30 a hundred. 



Sp) aifs patetit chick meal consisted of cereals and some nitrogen- 

 ous by-product made into the form of a biscuit and baked. It prob- 

 ably would prove a satisfactory food for young chickens, but its price 

 ($6.00 a hundred) would render its continued use ver}' expensive. 



These combinations consisted of oats, wheat, cracked 

 Chick and corn, buckwheat, millet seed and in some cases lin- 

 scratching seed and barley. Some of the feeds contained in 

 grains. addition, wheat screenings, charcoal, oyster shells 



Pages JI-38. and grit. In several of the feeds the shells and 

 grit constitute one-fourth of the mixture. It is gen- 

 erally possible to determine the character of these mixtures with the 

 eye. The average retail price was $2.00 a hundred pounds. 

 It is believed that poultrymen can prepare such feeds much cheaper for 

 themselves by purchasing cracked corn, wheat, barley and buckwheat 

 of the local miller or grain dealer and doing their own mixing. // is 

 not economy to pay two cents a pound for shells, grit and charcoal. The 

 number of these grain mixtures on the market has increased very 

 noticeably within the last few years. The one sample of Kaffir corn 

 found was of average quality. Experiments with poultry have 

 proved it to be about as digestible as Indian corn. 



The seven samples of clover meals averaged 12.94 

 Clover meals, per cent of protein. Some of them were not pure 

 FagejS. ground clover hay, but hay made from different 



grasses containing a large admixture of clover and 

 cut when in very late bloom. The price asked, ($1.80 a hundred) was 

 entirely out of proportion to their value. Clover should be cut just 

 as the blossoms appear in order to secure the maximum amount of 

 digestible nutrients. 



E. NEW FEEDS. 



Dried blood and " digester " tankage especially pre- 

 Dried blood and pared for cattle feeding are being freely advertised 

 prepared tank- by the large packing houses in the West, 

 age for cattle Z>;7></Mva/ guaranteed to contain 85 percent pro- 

 feeding, tein, is being tested at the present time by this sta- 

 tion as a source of protein for milk production. 

 While the experiment is not completed, the results thus far indicate 



