142 MAKING POULTRY PAY 



■one part pearl oat dust, with an equal weight of skim- 

 milk, gave a pound of grain for less than three and 

 one-half cents. Four parts corn meal, two parts each 

 ground buckwheat and pearl oat dust, with an equal 

 weight of milk, made the cost a trifle over four and 

 one-half cents per pound. Oat dust with milk made 

 the gain cost nearly five cents per pound. A very good 

 fattening ration consists of lOO pounds of corn meal, 

 100 pounds of wheat middlings and forty pounds of 

 animal meal. 



Convenient Table — It is not always convenient to 

 weigh the parts of ground grain which we intend to 

 mix for the mash. Most of us find it easier to measure 

 it out in scoopfuls. The following table will be found 

 xiseful for those who desire to have their mash made 

 up of equal parts each of ground food : 



One pound of corn meal will measure about one 

 .and one-half pints. 



One pound middlings will measure about one 

 ■quart. 



One pound ground oats will measure about two 

 and one-half pints. 



One pound wheat bran will measure about three 

 pints. 



One pound clover meal will measure about two 

 quarts. 



VALUES AND RESULTS IN FEEDING 



The food buyer who knows the make-up of all 

 kinds of feeding stuff can save many dollars by taking 

 advantage of every chance the market affords. The 

 price of a food is often no guide to its value. Poor 

 crops often make certain grains advance in price out of 

 all proportion to other grains and mill products. On 

 the other hand a food which is very plenty for the 



