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POULTRY CULTURE 



Mash ration "D" fed after the second week: 



Cornmeal 3 parts. 



Wheat middlings or high-grade shorts 2 " 



Wheat bran 1 part. 



Beef scrap 1 " 



Ground oats 1 " 



Ground bone }^i " 



Salt Ko" 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 3.6. 



Ground feed made moist with sour milk. 



Wheeler gives the following table as feed requirements of 



chickens per day (twenty-four hours) for each 100 pounds of 

 live weight. 



Birds 



Digestible nutrients 

 (pounds) 



Pro- 

 tein 



Fat 



Car- 

 bohy- 

 drates 



Ash 



Nutritive 

 ratio 



Growing chicks: 



First two weeks 



Two to four weeks .... 



Four to six weeks 



Six to eight weeks 



Eight to ten weeks .... 

 Ten to twelve weeks. . . 



Adult {maintenance only): 

 Capon, 9 to 12 pounds. 

 Hen, 5 to 7 pounds .... 

 Hen, 3 to 5 pounds .... 



Egg production: 



Hen, 5 to 8 pounds. . . . 

 Hen, 3 to 5 pounds. . . , 



For ducklings: 



First two weeks 



Two to four weeks .... 



Four to six weeks 



Six to eight weeks 



Eight to ten weeks .... 

 Ten to twelve weeks . . . 



2.0 

 2.2 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 1.2 

 1.0 



0.3 

 0.4 

 0.5 



0.65 

 1.0 



4.0 

 4.1 

 2.7 

 1.7 

 1.4 

 0.9 



0.4 

 0.5 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 0.3 

 0.3 



0.2 

 0.2 

 0.3 



0.2 

 0.35 



0.5 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.5 

 0.4 



0.06 



0.1 



0.15 



0.2 

 0.3 



Total digestible 



nutrients 



18.35 



17.12 



11.28 



8.02 



7.00 



4.55 



1:4.1 

 1:3.4 

 1:3.3 

 1:3.7 

 1:4.3 

 1:4.4 



1:7.5 

 1:6.2 

 1:7.4 



1:4.2 

 1:4.6 



1:3.6 

 1:3.2 

 1:3.2 

 1:3.7 

 1:4.0 

 1:4.1 



