362 ARTIFICIAL BROODING 



The eighth to fourteenth day, bran constantly in hoppers, 

 and cracked grain four times daily. 



The third to eighth week, keep the following dry-mash con- 

 tinually before them and feed grain three times: 10 Ibs. bran; 

 5 Ibs. corn meal; 5 Ibs. sifted ground oats; 1 Ib. meat scrap, in- 

 creased in two weeks to about 2 Ibs. 



Standardized Chick Feeding under High Prices. Representa- 

 tives of the StateColleges of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut 

 and New Jersey met in 1917 to discuss the problem of chick 

 feeding under conditions of high prices and government regulation 

 and to adopt a Standardized Ration for chicks. As conditions 

 since then are somewhat similar the rations are here given. 



It was appreciated that this question was a vital one where 

 chicks were reared in considerable numbers, and the limitation as 

 to the usage of wheat contributed to make the problem still more 

 acute. After careful consideration the representatives of the four 

 colleges assembled approved the following rations and recom- 

 mended methods of feeding : 



Chick Scratch. 



Fine cracked co; n . . . 70 Ibs. 



Steel cut oats .,...-. 20 Ibs. 



Cracked wheat 10 Ibs. 



100 Ibs. 

 Possible Changes. 



1. If steel cut oats are not available increase the amount of 

 cracked corn. 



2. When chicks are about six weeks of age the above chick 

 scratch may be mixed by substituting coarse cracked corn for the 

 fine cracked corn and whole wheat for the cracked wheat. 



3. After the chicks are ten weeks of age the Standardized 

 Scratch Ration for laying hens, previously adopted (see page 558), 

 should be gradually substituted for the above chick scratch. 



Chick Mash. The following chick mash is recommended to be 

 fed in connection with the above chick scratch: 



Wheat bran 300 Ibs. 



Wheat middlings : . 100 Ibs. 



Corn meal 100 Ibs. 



Gluten feed 100 Ibs. 



Ground oats 100 Ibs. 



Meat scrap 100 Ibs. 



This mash can be readily obtained by adding 100 Ibs. of wheat bran 

 to every 300 Ibs. of the Standardized Laying Mash, as previously 

 adopted. (See page 559.) 



