76 FEEDING OF FOWLS 



accompanying table. All the meals used should be 

 ground as fine as wheat flour; coarse meals, fiber, or 

 husks will not answer for any form of crate feeding. 

 The rations (a), (b), (c), and (d) are all suited for use 

 when yellow-meated fowls are desired; mixture (e) 

 will produce white-meated fowls, and mixture (/) 

 is for use in the cramming machine during the last 

 week of feeding. The formula best suited for any 

 given locality should be selected and used. In general, 

 fattening rations for poultry should have a nutritive 

 ratio of from 1 to 4 or more. In all cases the parts in 

 the table are calculated by measurement and not by 

 weight. 



FATTENING RATIONS 



FEEDING OF TURKEYS 



Poults should have nourishing food in small particles 

 so that they will be able to digest it properly. No 

 sour or fermented food, chopped green bone, raw meat, 

 or large quantities of millet seed, cottage cheese, or 

 wet or sloppy foods should ever be fed to poults. 

 Poults require plenty of grit and fresh water. 



A ration of stale bread crumbs and a ration made up 

 of equal parts of stale bread crumbs, finely chopped 

 hard-boiled eggs, and dandelion leaves, fed alternately, 

 is a good method of feeding poults. 



