108 POULTRY FOR PROFIT 



"There are different rations that can be fed suc- 

 cessfully. In some districts corn is the main item, 

 and in others oats, barley, or other grain. The price 

 of grain will govern the ration fed largely. 



"There is no better fattening food, probably, than 

 good plump oats fine-ground. Barley, ground up 

 fine, is also good as part of the ration. A good ration 

 would be ground oats, barley and middlings in equal 

 parts and a little bran mixed with buttermilk or sour 

 milk." 



"If one cannot get milk it will be necessary to feed 

 some animal meal or beef scrap, or a little blood 

 meal. About ten per cent of the weight of the grain 

 is the right proportion of blood meal. 



"If corn is as cheap as the other grains, I would 

 feed corn liberally. The grain should be mixed with 

 about twice as much milk as of ground grain, so that 

 it will be very soft and drip from the end of the 

 stick. No green food is necessary. 



FEEDING PULLETS ON RANGE 



At the Maine Station, after the cockerels and pul- 

 lets are separated, the pullets (and the breeding 

 cockerels) are put on range and fed by the hopper 

 method. Cracked corn, wheat, beef scrap, cracked 

 bone, oyster shell and grit are put in separate hop- 

 pers and left where the pullets can help themselves. 

 In another hopper is the dry mash, consisting of 1 

 part bran, 2 parts corn meal, 1 part middlings and 1 

 part beef scrap. This mash is suitable for use when 

 the pullets are confined, but the grain should be fed 

 in deep litter. 



At the Missouri Station the pullets are fed a grain 

 ration consisting of equal parts of cracked corn and 

 whea(\ The dry mash consists of equal parts of corn 

 meal, bran and shorts. If sour milk or buttermilk 



