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CHICKS 



skins and yellow shanks; to produce these a greater propor- 

 tion of yellow com is needed. ' In markets where white flesh 

 is demanded or preferred, a larger proportion of oats can be 

 used in the makeup of the ration. 



For the production of yellow flesh, a ration of two parts 

 com meal, two parts ground oats, one part wheat bran and 

 one part beef scraps, mixed with sweet skim milk, is very 

 effective. This may be fed twice a day, morning and noon, 

 and the evening feed may consist of cracked com one day 

 and wheat the next. This ration is especially adapted to 

 feeding birds in pens and we do not recommend it for feed- 

 ing those in crates. The mash should be fed in troughs and 

 within fifteen minutes after it is placed before the chicks, 

 the troughs and any food that remains should be removed 

 ^rom the pens. Cracked com and wheat should be fed in a 

 deep litter of straw or leaves and no more should be given 

 than the chicks will scratch out at each meal. It must be 



"Pickers" at Work at a Crate Fattening Establishment. 



