FEEDING OF FOWLS 81 



A small quantity of meat scrap may be added to this 

 ration if desired. 



During the laying season ducks will eat about 1 pt. 

 of food each per day. Their food should always consist 

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

 similar material. 



A suitable feed for laying ducks, when they have an 

 ample supply of green food, is a mash food composed, by 

 measure, as follows: 



Food Parts 



Wheat bran 3 



Ground oats t 3 



Corn meal 3 



Low-grade wheat flour 1 



Meat scrap 1 



Many rations are used for fattening broiler ducks for 

 market. A good one to use for the 10 da. or 2 wk. pre- 

 vious to killing is composed, by measure, as follows: 

 Food Parts 



Corn meal 10 



Wheat bran 4 



Wheat middlings 4 



Meat scrap 3 



Low-grade wheat flour 1 



Green feed 2 



Coarse sand 1 



No green stuff should be fed during the last week of 

 fattening, but a plentiful supply of water must always 

 be furnished. 



Ducklings intended for breeders are fed on a ration 

 composed, by measure, as follows: 



Food Parts 



Wheat bran 10 



Wheat middlings 6 



Corn meal 3 



Low-grade wheat flour 1 



Meat scrap 1 



Sand 1 



