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Mash Mixture No. 1 Mash Mixture No. 2 



2 Ibs. wheat bran 1 Ib. wheat bran 



3 Ibs. corn meal 2 Ibs. corn meal 



1 Ib. Daisy flour (or other 1 Ib. wheat middlings 



low-grade flour) 1 Ib. beef scrap 



1 Ib. screened beef scrap 

 l /2 Ib. linseed meal 



FIRST FEEDING TIME (36 TO 48 HOURS ) 



To Three Weeks. Two feeds of starting food, scalded 

 and mixed with rolled oats, two parts of oats to six of 

 mixture ; two feeds of grain mixture in light litter ; green 

 food; fine grit, charcoal, cracked bone, and clean water 

 always before the chicks. 



Three to Six Weeks. Substitute mash mixture No. 1 

 (moist) for the starting food; otherwise as above. 



On Range. (After six or eight weeks.) Constant sup- 

 ply of wheat, cracked corn, beef scrap, cracked bone, oyster 

 shell, and grit in separate troughs or hoppers; hopper- fed 

 mash mixture No. 2. 



Ontario Agricultural College Ration 



Starting Food Grain Mixture Mash Mixture 



4 Ibs. bread crumbs 30 Ibs. cracked wheat 10 Ibs. wheat bran 



1 Ib. hard boiled 30 Ibs. granulated 10 Ibs. shorts 



egg oatmeal 10 Ibs. corn meal 



Fed dry 80 Ibs. fine cracked 3 Ibs. animal 



corn. meal 

 10 Ibs. small grit 



FIRST FEEDING TIME (24 TO 48 HOURS ) 



First Two Days. Starting food, fed five times a day; 

 lukewarm water to drink. 



After Two Days. Three feeds of grain mixture, with 

 one of bread and milk, and one of whole wheat; or with 

 two feeds of moist mash ; fresh boiled liver twice a week, 

 if obtainable in that case, animal meal omitted from the 



