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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Figure 109. — Dry-mash hopper for the growing stoclc. 



The food requirements for the growing chicks may be 

 divided as follows: grain feed, dry mash, sour milk, green 

 feed, and water. 



Grain feed. In addition to such feed as chicks on free 



range are likely to find, the following mixture should either 



be scattered on the ground near their house or during rainy 



weather inside their house in the morning and evening. A 



satisfactory ration is as follows: 



6 parts by weight of cracked corn 



2 parts by weight of wheat 



2 parts by weight of hulled oats 



When available Kaffir corn or rolled or hulled barley 



may be substituted for hulled oats. In localities where 



hulled oats, Kaffir corn or rolled barley can not be obtained 



Figure 110. — ^Showing construotion of the 

 dry-mash hopper. 



