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. 



Another Plan. The following rations are for feeding chicks 

 to be raised as breeders, or as layers, from hatching to maturity: 



First Week. 



1. Equal parts by weight of rolled oats, bread crumbs, chick- 

 size grit, and half part chick charcoal. Feed five times a day in 

 a tray as much as will be cleaned up in fifteen minutes. 



2. Equal parts wheat bran and sifted beef scrap in a hopper 

 before the chicks all the time. 



3. Sour milk or buttermilk to drink, no water. 



Second Week. 



4. One-half of formula for first week, and half good commercial 

 chick feed, mixed and scattered over litter four times a day. 



5. Same as No. 2. 



6. Same as No. 3. 



Third to Sixth Week. 



7. Commercial chick feed that does not contain over twenty 

 per cent corn or two parts cracked wheat, two parts pinhead 

 oatmeal, one part millet, and one part cracked corn, fed liberally 

 once a day, about 4 P.M., in litter three or four inches deep and to 

 be thoroughly mixed with litter. 



8. Equal parts bran, wheat middlings, and beef scrap, always 

 available and in hopper. 



9. Equal parts sour milk and water. 



10. Beef scrap, grit, oyster shells, and charcoal always avail- 

 able in hopper. 



Seventh to Tenth Week. 



11. Equal parts whole wheat, hulled oats, and cracked corn 

 in deep litter once a day. 



12. Equal parts of bran, wheat middlings, corn meal, and one- 

 half part linseed meal. 



13. Fresh water. 



14. Same as No. 10. 



