280 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



plump and cheaper than other grains can be secured, they 

 should form the large part of the ration. They must, how- 

 ever, be specially ground to cut up the hull in small 

 particles. If corn and oats cost the same pound for pound, 

 then the ration may be made up of half of each by weight. 

 If corn is not available, a little middlings or shorts, or 

 low-grade wheat flour, may be mixed with the oats. The 

 famous Sussex fat chickens in England are produced on a 

 ration of oats. The important thing, however, is that the 

 oats be heavy and finely ground. 



