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feeds are thoroughly mixed together and then moistened with 

 buttermilk. About 2 pounds of buttermilk should be added 

 to each pound of dry feed. This will make the mixture of 

 such consistency that it will pour out of the bucket. The 

 birds should be starved about twenty-four hours before begin- 

 ning the feeding process. This is to get the birds emptied 

 out before starting on a new feed. At first give only about 

 half what they will clean up, and graduallj'' bring them up to 

 full feed. Poultry feeders usually secure a gain of 25 to 35 

 per cent, in two weeks." 



The New Jersey Experiment Station recommends the 

 following ration as a broiler ration: 



Mixture No. 1 



Skim Milk Mash 



Ground oats 25 pounds. 



Cornmeal 25 - " 



Wheat middlings 25 " 



Beef scrap 15 " 



Granulated bone 10 " 



Total loo pounds. 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 3.0. 



"Moisten with sour milk and feed in trough. Be sure the 

 troughs are kept clean and that mash is not mixed too wet or 

 sloppy." 



The following ration is given by the same station to finish 

 roasting chickens for market : 



Fleshing Mash 



Cornmeal 10 pounds. 



Wheat middlings , , . 20 " 



Ground oats 20 " 



Beef scrap 20 " 



Total 100 pounds. 



Nutritive ratio, 1 : 3.4. 



Concentrated buttermilk can be bought on the market. It 

 usually sells for five cents a gallon, and when diluted each 

 gallon makes 3 gallons. It is made as follows : 



A large tank is used in which a steam-pipe is run to heat the 



