POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



a small way to poultry without any effect on the taste of 

 the eggs or the poultry flesh. Similar experiments with 

 hogs by the U. S. Department of Agriculture on a more 

 extensive scale have shown that the high oil content was 

 not detrimental and even added some value to the feed. 



MILK 



Milk is one of the most complete and easily digested 

 foods, containing all the nutrients necessary to sustain 

 life and is of especial value for young and growing poultry 

 and growing animals. The protein of both milk and of 

 meat products has a much greater efficiency for growth of 

 poultry, and for the production of flesh and of eggs, than 

 do any of the grain proteins. The proteins of milk are 

 more easily digested and consequently more efficient than 

 the proteins of meat and fish. 



Whole milk is not ordinarily used for poultry except 

 in a few cases as for instance the first feed for young 

 chickens, on account of the high cost of the milk. Skim 

 milk is rich in protein and ash or mineral matter and is 

 of especial value in building up the muscles and bones. 

 Skim milk from separators contains about 3.8 per cent 

 crude protein, 5.2 per cent nitrogen free extract, and 

 from 0.1 to 0.2 per cent fat. The nitrogen free extract 

 in sweet skim milk is practically all milk sugar, but when 

 the milk sours, fermentation occurs until about 0.8 of one 

 per cent of this sugar is changed to lactic acid. 



Five to six pounds of skim milk is equal to about one 

 pound of meat scrap for feeding both young and laying 



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