264 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



"It is fed on the litter, care being taken to limit the quantity, 

 so they shall be hungry at 9 a. M. at which time the rolled 

 oats and egg mixture is fed in tin plates with low rims. The 

 feed is kept before them for five minutes. At 12.30 the hard 

 grain mixture is fed again, as in the morning, and at 4.30 or 5 

 p. M. they are fed all they will eat in a half an hour of the rolled 

 oats and egg mixture. Sharp grit, fine charcoal, and clean water 

 are always before the chicks." 



When the chicks are about 3 weeks old the Maine Experiment 

 Station displaces the rolled oats and egg mixture with the fol- 

 lowing : 



Parts 



by 

 weight 



Wheat bran 2 



Corn meal 4 



Middlings or red dog flour 2 



Linseed meal i 



Screened beef scrap 2 



This mixture is slightly moistened with water before feeding. 



2. Another method employed by the Maine Experiment Sta- 

 tion is to supply fine beef scrap very early in the morning instead 

 of boiled eggs, and feed dry. At 9 o'clock the following is fed: 



Parts 



by 

 weight 



Rolled oats 2 



Wheat bran 2 



Corn meal 2 



Linseed meal yi 



Screened beef scrap i 



The same order of feeding as in the first method is followed. 



The Kansas Experiment Station, Bui. 164, uses the following 

 method : 



"When a chick is newly hatched, it is allowed to dry off in 

 the incubator and then put into the brooder which has been 

 heated to 100 degrees. When 48-60 hours old the chicks are 

 fed some boiled, tested-out eggs. Following this, they have 

 placed before them in a shallow pan a dry mash made as fol- 

 lows: 



