POULTRY FOODS 55 



of animal meal is higher than that of cut green bone; but 

 better results are obtained from the use of cut green 

 bone than from animal meal, because the former contains 

 a larger percentage of ash than of protein presum- 

 ably because the meal is made from both bone and meat. 

 Good meat meal is rich in protein but contains less ash 

 than animal meal, and can only be used sparingly in 

 making an egg-producing ration. Because of its cost 

 and richness in protein, meat meal is used only when 

 good meat scrap cannot be obtained. 



Dried Blood. Dried blood and blood meal are some- 

 times used to supply protein in foods for poultry. 

 These blood products are concentrated foods and a 

 small quantity of either mixed with other foods will 

 make a narrow ration. Dried blood and blood meal 

 are not generally economical or profitable foods for 

 poultry. 



Cut Green Bone. The food commonly called cut 

 green bone is made by cutting fresh bones into small 

 pieces by means of a bone mill. Being fresh meat, 

 bone, and fat, its composition closely resembles that of 

 bugs and worms, the natural food of fowls. About 

 Y^ oz. of cut green bone per day for each fowl, mixed 

 with wheat bran, will make a balanced ration well suited 

 to fowls. 



Tainted Meat. Tainted meat that is not fit for human 

 food should not be fed to fowls. The taint of such food 

 may sometimes be removed by boiling it in water 

 containing baking soda, in which case the meat can be 

 safely fed to fowls. 



Bone Meal. Bone meal consists of bones of animals 

 cleaned of all meat, fat, and marrow, and reduced to 

 meal. It is used to supply any deficiency of lime, ash, 

 or bone-forming material that exists in the ration. Bone 

 meal can be fed to young chicks to produce a strong 

 growth of bone. The particles in this meal vary in 

 size from those that are very small to those of the size 

 of whole wheat or even corn; the largest sizes are not 

 desirable for poultry food. 



