Feeding 
Poultry 335 
Ration ror Youne Cuicxs — Sussequent FEEDING 
By WeicuT 
Wheat bran 3 parts 
Corn meal . . 3 parts 
Wheat middlings . 3 parts 
Sifted beef serap . 3 parts 
Bone meal . 1 part 
Moisten with skim-milk and feed 
two or three times a day. 
The dry cracked grain mixture 
suggested above should be given at 
least twice a day, scattered in light 
litter as soon as the chicks are able 
to find it, along with the moist 
mash. 
Ration ror Ecce Propuction 
WINTER By Wricur 
Wheat 60 parts 
Corn 60 parts 
Oats . . 30 parts 
Buckwheat 30 parts 
SuMMER 
Wheat . 60 parts 
Corn 60 parts 
Oats 30 parts 
This whole grain mixture is fed 
morning and afternoon in a straw 
litter. 
Two Rarions FOR 
By WeicuT 
Corn meal eS 50 parts 
Ground oats (hulls re- 
moved) 10 parts 
Animal meal 10 parts 
Moistened with sour skim-milk 
and fed three times a day. 
WINTER AND SUMMER By WeicuT 
Corn meal : 60 parts 
Wheat middlings . 60 parts 
Wheat bran 30 parts 
Alfalfa meal 10 parts 
Oil meal . 10 parts 
Beef scrap 50 parts 
Salt 3, Nal part 
This ground feed i is ; fed dry ina 
hopper kept open during the after- 
noon only. Fed along with the 
whole grain mixture. 
Meat Propuction 
By WeicuT 
Barley meal 20 parts 
Middlings 20 parts 
Buckwheat . 20 parts 
Corn meal 10 parts 
Moistened with sour skim-milk 
and fed three times a day. 
Grit, charcoal, and fine cracked bone should be fed in separate hoppers 
with each of the above rations. 
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QUESTIONS 
1. Why is the feeding of poultry essentially different from that of other 
farm animals? How do fowls masticate their food? 
How do chickens 
and turkeys differ from ducks and geese in this respect ? 
