STANDARDS AND RATIONS FOR POULTRY 265 



2 pounds corn meal 

 2 pounds shorts 

 2 pounds bran 

 2 pounds beef scrap 

 ^ pound charcoal 



"This is kept before them practically all the time, from the 

 time they are large enough to eat it until they have obtained a 

 good growth. 



"Scattered in the litter, five times daily thereafter, is a grain 

 mixture as follows : 



2 pounds corn chop (sifted) 

 2 pounds cracked Kaffir corn 

 2 pounds cracked wheat 



1 pound millet 



"Before them at all times are pans of fresh water and clean 

 grit. Absolute cleanliness and sanitation are ever present. 



"When the chicks are large enough to eat whole grain, the 

 cracked is taken away. If the chicks are early hatched and have 

 attained a good growth early in the summer the beef scrap and 

 possibly all the mash should be cut out of the ration. This pre- 

 vents premature development with early chicks and consequent 

 fall molting. The ration above mentioned produced 3 lb. White 

 Plymouth Rock cockerels in 10 weeks from date of hatch." 



Fattening Rations. — Experiments at the Maine Experiment 

 Station, given in Farmers' Bui. 357, state that the following 

 grain mixture was used in fattening cockerels and was fed wet 

 with good success : 



100 pounds corn meal 

 100 pounds wheat middlings 

 40 pounds meat meal 



The wetting of the above mixture with skim milk improved its 

 efficiency for fattening. 



The following fattening ration has been successfully used in 

 preparing cockerels for market by the Kansas Experiment Sta- 

 tion: 



2 pounds ground oats 

 2 pounds shorts 



2 pounds corn meal 

 I pound beef scrap 

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