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Utility  Lines/'  page  1*171.  I  have  been 
a  poultry  breeder  for  many  years,  and  I 
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vor  of  inbreeding  and  pullet  breeders.  In¬ 
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Rocks,  a  large  fowl,  and  I  have  used  pul¬ 
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have  had  frequently  15  chicks  from  15 
eggs.  Ten  and  12  are  common.  So  I 
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One  breeder  of  fancy  poultry  says: 
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To  attempt  to  “balance”  a  ration  for 
hens  exactly  is  not  worth  while.  If  a 
variety  of  foods  are  offered  the  (lock,  as 
they  should  be,  no  two  hens  will  eat  the 
same  kinds  in  the  same  proportions,  and 
the  most  accurate  balancing  of  the  feeder 
will  hi-  upset  by  the  tastes  and  prefer¬ 
ences  of  the  hen.  Nevertheless,  poultry 
rations  should  balance  in  that  they  should 
contain  protein  and  carbohydrates  iu 
something  like  the  proportion  that  the 
fowl  needs,  and  in  that  vegetable,  animal 
and  mineral  matter  should  all  be  found 
in  proper  quantity.  The  whole  grains  or¬ 
dinarily  fed  are  nil  ro  similar  in  their 
protein  content  that  they  mas  he  consid¬ 
ered  together  in  tills  respect,  hat  to  bal¬ 
ance  them  there  should  he  a  variety,  and 
it  is  well  to  know  that  wheat  seems  to 
possess  virtues  not  accounted  for  by  its 
chemical  composition  and  that  oats  have 
a  stimulating  effect  upon  all  animals  for 
which  Chemists  have  vainly  sought  to  ac¬ 
count.  Wheat  may  therefore  he  given  in 
about  as  large  a  proportion  of  the  whole 
grain  as  the  feeder  feels  that  he  can 
afford,  and  good,  heavy  oats  in  about  as 
large  a  proportion  as  the  hens  will  eat. 
Light  oats  are  to  he  avoided,  for  they  are 
largely  worthless  hulls.  A  well-known 
whole  grain  ration  has  wheat  and  corn 
in  equal  parts,  with  one-half  part  oats 
and  another  half  part  of  buckwheat  in 
the  Winter  time.  You  need  not  be  afraid 
to  disturb  this  proportioning  by  adding 
barley  or  rye  and  cutting  out  part  of  the 
wheat,  however.  If  the  mash  contains 
low  protein  foods,  below  12%,  medium 
protein  foods,  between  12%  and  25%, 
and  high  protein  foods,  above  25%,  in 
something  like  equal  proportions,  it  will 
be  sufficiently  well  balanced  chemically, 
but  will  still  need  balancing  as  to  kind. 
A  part  of  the  protein  should  be  from 
animal  sources;  beef  and  fish  scrap  sup¬ 
ply  this,  and  should  be  present  in  the 
proportion  of  from  one-fourth  to  one- 
eighth  part  by  weight,  according  to  the 
use  to  which  the  mash  is  put;  wheat 
bran  and  middlings  should  be  used  as  the 
basis  of  the  mash  because  of  their  palft- 
tahility  aud  physical,  as  well  as  chemical, 
composition;  comment  because  of  its  rel¬ 
ative  cheapness  as  a  carbohydrate  food 
and  such  high  protein  foods  as  gluten 
feed,  buckwheat  middlings  and  dis¬ 
tillers’  grains  because  of  their  high 
protein  content.  Oil  meal  in  small  pro¬ 
portion  may  also  be  added  because  of  its 
well  known  tonic  and  laxative  effect. 
Your  25  pounds  of  chop  (corn  and  oats 
ground  together  I,  low  in  protein,  50 
pounds  of  wheat  bran,  of  medium  pro¬ 
tein  content,  and  20  pounds  of  meat 
scrap,  very  high  in  protein,  would  bal¬ 
ance  better  if  you  add  another  25  pounds 
of  chop  and  25  pounds  of  gluten  feed. 
Equal  parts  of  bran  and  middlings  or 
mixed  wheat  feed  is  also  better  than  bran 
alone.  The  whole  grain  ration  is  all 
right  but  I  would  put.  the  meat  scrap  all 
into  the  mash. 
The  51  pounds  of  wheat  bran  in  the 
second  formula  indicates  that  some  one 
has  tried  to  exactly  balance  it.  Don’t 
bother  with  the  odd  one  pound  -and,  if 
it  is  to  bo  fed  to  laying  hens  or  growing 
pullets,  increase  the  proportion  of  beef 
scrap  to  about  one  sixth  part  of  the  whole 
by  adding  20  pounds;  then  double  the 
amount  of  cormneal  aud  you  will  have  a 
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