NOTE. — Feed no oats in Ration No. 14 to baby chicks, as 

 oats sometimes cause watery droppings inclining to white- 

 diarrhcea. Feed no oats to fowls of any age if droppings are 

 watery. If oats are ground very fine, use three parts of middlings 

 to two parts of oats, but if not fine use half and half in 

 Rations No. 9 and 14. When no oats are used use one part 

 of middlings in Ration No. 9 and 14. Use no lumpy bran, 

 middlings, etc., as it has been wet and spoiled. Baby chicks 

 should not be fed more bran in Ration No. 14 except for a 

 day or two. Two parts of middlings in this ration may not 

 work well. If they bill out the bran or eat the corn and 

 middlings and leave the bran, give equal parts of bran and 

 middlings, keeping the corn at T /\ part. If they do not eat 

 the mash when, say, two parts of middlings are used, use more 

 bran and less middlings. Watch the chicks, they will tell 

 you and when you get it right they will grow very fast. This 

 is very important, for if this is not done the chicks will not 

 eat much mash and gradually become weak. Treat hens the 

 same as chicks. 



I have a large flock of hens laying heavily on Ration No. 

 14. These hens had indigestion and would not lay on Ration 

 No. 9, but came into fine condition just as soon as I fed them 

 Ration No. 14. They are fed the exact grains given and they 

 have no meat or added protein of any kind. Also a flock 

 without meat or green food. Another flock doing better with 

 equal parts of bran and middlings with % corn and no meat. 

 With the middlings I have I am getting the best results with 

 chicks and hens by using equal parts of bran and middlings 

 with J4 P art corn. This is due to grain variations. 



