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not left before them all the time till they are sev- 

 eral weeks old. 



Iowa Ration. — The following ration is used suc- 

 cessfully at the Iowa Experiment Station : 

 Cracked grains: 

 First eight weeks — 



Cracked corn, 2 parts. 



Cracked wheat, 1 part. 



Steel cut oats, 1 part. 

 After eighth week — 



Coarsely cracked corn, 2 parts. 



Wheat, 1 part. 



Oats, 1 part. 

 Ground feed: 



First two weeks — 



Stale bread, 3 parts. 



Oat meal, 3 parts. 



Eggs, 4 parts. 



Bran, V/% parts. 



Corn meal, l 1 /^ parts. 



Ground bone, 14 part. 

 After second week — 



Corn meal, 3 parts. 



Middlings or shorts, 2 parts. 



Bran, 1 part. 



Beef scrap, 1 part. 



Ground oats, 1 part. 



Ground bone, y% part. 



Salt, 1-10 part. 

 The ground feed is moistened with sour milk as 

 at Cornell, and the beef scrap or meat meal is fed 

 in hoppers. The grain is fed twice daily in litter 

 from one to six inches deep. 



Continuous Feeding 



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