14 rorj^TiiY 1'i-:edinu axd fattexinu 



as it is, witli otlier Idnds of food. — [Xellic Hawks, 

 Kansas. 



- lied Dcrclojilnij Ilution—Yor devuloping thorougli- 

 bivd f(nvJs as well as for laying hens, I. K. Felch reconi- 

 niL'uds tlie following ration where the grains can be 

 procured at )-easonal(le jjrices : Five jjounds beans, ten 

 pounds each wheat bran and barley, and fifteen pounds 

 each oats and corn. These are thoroughly mixed and 

 g]-iiund fine. For the morning meal take four parts of 

 this and one part ground beef and scald over night. 

 Expii-t Duel- L'ai.'iing — The following summary is 

 prepare.] by G. H. Pollard, an extensive and promi- 

 nent poultryman of Bristol county, j\Iass. : Start the 

 ducklings on a feed of two-thirds bran and one-third 

 Indian meal. If we have milk, I mix it with that. 

 Give them drinking water from the first. We start 

 them on that food with just a handful of gravel or 

 sand thrown in for two or three days. After that they 

 are supposed to know enough to cat grit if they want it. 

 We mix the food cold as a rule. If we had very early 

 birds we would mix it with warm water and would 

 slightly warm the drinking water. I never cook the 

 food. As a rule it seems to me that it makes more 

 labor with no corresponding gain in produce. The 

 only question in making a good tiling of the business 

 is in keeping the labor down. You cannot cut down 

 . the amount of their food, but you can make a saving 

 in the amount of lal)or. 



We start the young ducks on the above-mentioned 

 food and carry theju along until about the fifth day 

 and then Ijcgin to add Ijeef scrap. When we begin to 

 add this food we gradually take away the milk and give 

 it to the ynungcr ones which come along. In an 

 ordinai-y masji you ciinnot get enough animal food from 

 the milk used to mix it, so we use beef scrap to make 

 uj) for it. "We rarely give milk to ducklings or even 



