102 The Truth About the Poultry Business 



I have often found it impossible to get good results from 

 hens by using Ration Nos. 7, 9, 10, etc., and would sometimes 

 lose all my chicks on Ration Nos. 12 and 13. If you will use 

 the quality and kind of grains and mill-feeds given in the fol- 

 lowing ration and feed it the way given here, you should be 

 able to raise every healthy chick, and they will grow very 

 fast. If you are not able to get good grains, it will be better 

 for you to buy a good chick-feed and mash already mixed. 

 While this may not be as good a laying ration as No. 9 you 

 will find it more reliable to use in many cases, and when the 

 hens are in good condition it is very easy to blend this ration 

 into No. 9. 



If you use miscellaneous wheats, brans, middlings, corn, 

 etc., especially if hens are in poor condition, you will get into 

 all kinds of trouble just as you will get into trouble with 

 any other receipt. Always demand the kind and grade of 

 grains and mill-feeds used with every receipt given out, be- 

 cause, if you do not, you will eventually have trouble with it. 



EATION NO. 14 



(Conboie System of Feeding Chicks and Hens.) 



2 parts very coarse Turkey Red bran, 

 1 part old whole yellow corn, ground fine, 

 x /i part No. 1 middlings, no short or flour middlings, Blue- 

 stem or Turkey Red. 

 Yi part fine ground oats. 



Feed this ration dry and keep it before hens and chicks of 

 all ages all the time. When feeding baby chicks, feed chick- 

 feed in litter three times a day and feed four times as much 

 mash as chick-feed. This is important unless chicks are in very 

 good condition — four times as much mash as chick-feed. After 

 three weeks mix equal parts of cracked Turkey Red wheat and 



