80 FEEDING OF FOWLS 



Food Parts 



Corn meal 6 



Wheat bran 6 



Wheat middlings 6 



Meat scrap 1 



During the layi-ig season ducks will eat about 1 pt. 

 of food each per day. Their food should always con- 

 sist of at least 2 or 3% of grit, ground oyster shells, or 

 some similar material. 



FEEDING OF GEESE 



A simple ration for goslings is composed, by measure, 

 of the following: 



Food Parts 



Corn meal 1 



Wheat bran 1 



Ground oats . .' 1 



Table scraps 1 



Geese are by nature grazing birds, and the greater 

 part of their living consists of green food. Because 

 of their lack of a crop, geese should be fed on ground 

 corn in the form of a slightly warmed mash. During 

 the winter, in addition to green food, the matured 

 geese should have once a day all they will eat of a 

 ration composed, by measure, as follows: 



Food Parts 



Corn meal 3 



Wheat bran 3 



Ground oats 3 



During the winter this same ration with 4 parts of 

 steamed clover added is suitable. 



The following rations are suitable for fattening geese 

 for market. 



They should be fed liberally three times a day. The 

 morning and noon feeds should consist, by measure, 

 of the following: 



