RATIONS AND METHODS OF FEEDING 351 



Ground feed 

 "First four weeks: 



Wheat bran 7 parts. 



Alfalfa meal 2 " 



Cornmeal 3 " 



Wheat middlings 3 " 



Sifted beef scrap 4 " 



Ground bone 1 part. 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 2.4. 



"For later feeding give the following: 



Wheat bran 3 parts. 



Alfalfa meal : 3 " 



Cornmeal 3 " 



Wheat middlings 3 " 



Beef scrap 4 " 



Ground bone 1 part. 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 2.3. 



"The ground feed is moistened with skimined milk, and fed 

 three times a day at the start and decreased as the chicks grow 

 older." 



Ration II 



Cracked grains 



Grain ration "A" fed first eight weeks: 



Cracked corn 2 parts. 



Cracked wheat 1 part. 



Steel cut oatmeal 1 " 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 7.6. 



Grain ration "B" fed after eight weeks old: 



Coarsely cracked corn 2 parts. 



Wheat 1 part. 



Oats 1 " 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 7.6. 



Fed twice daily in litter from 1 to 6 inches deep. 

 Ground feed 



Mash ration "C" fed first two weeks: 



Stale bread 3 parts. 



Oatmeal 3 



Eggs (tested from incubator) 4 " 



Bran IJ^ '^'^ 



Cornmeal IM 



Ground bone 1 part. 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 3.7. 



