100 POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



should be consumed in the same length of time as 

 the 25 pounds of grain. 



Missouri Experiment Station. — Grain Mixture 

 — In winter the scratch feed is composed of 2 /$ 

 coarsely cracked corn and Ys wheat. In spring and 

 fall it consists of equal parts cracked corn and 

 wheat. In summer it is changed to 2 parts wheat 

 and 1 of cracked corn. 



Dry Mash — When ground oats are to be had a 

 hopper of this feed and nothing else is kept before 

 the fowls. When oats cannot be had the mixture 

 consists of 2 parts bran, 1 part cornmeal and 1 part 

 shorts. Sour milk or buttermilk is kept before 

 them when it is available. When milk is not given 

 10 pounds of beef scrap is mixed with each 100 

 pounds of ground oats. 



Between one and three o'clock each day the hens 

 are given a little of this mash moistened with but- 

 termilk. Three times a week they have sprouted 

 oats. Sometimes cabbage, beets or turnips, chopped 

 fine, are substituted for the oats. 



New Jersey Experiment Station. — Grain Mix- 

 ture: Morning, 1 part wheat, 1 part clipped oats. 

 Evening, 2 parts cracked corn, 1 part wheat, 1 part 

 clipped oats, 1 part buckwheat 

 Dry mash : 



200 pounds wheat bran. 



200 pounds middlings. 



200 pounds ground oats. 



100 pounds corn meal. 



100 pounds gluten meal. 



100 pounds to 200 pounds beef scrap. 



100 pounds short cut alfalfa. 

 Gluten meal is a by-product of the milling of 

 wheat which is quite extensively used in the east and 

 is rich in protein. It is not known in California. 



