52 POULTRY FOR PROFIT 
are feeding for flesh, that the birds should be 
stuffed to their limit with feed. To do so, 
would be to have a lot of the birds off feed, 
and consequently we would be worse off than 
not to feed them enough. l£ is best to plan to 
feed them about three times a day, and to 
feed them all that they will clean up in a 
certain length of time, as from twenty minutes 
to half an hour. Some are successful in feed¬ 
ing only twice a day, instead of three times a 
day. 
Corn is usually the basis of fattening rations 
and should always have a prominent place in 
the ration. Here again, milk in some form is 
excellent to supply some of the protein that 
is needed. Corn must be supplemented by 
other grains, such as oats, barley or middlings, 
provided they are in a finely ground condition. 
Some feeders follow the plan of feeding part 
of these grains in the form of a wet mash, 
using the skim milk to moisten the mash, 
but when this is done, care must be exercised 
in seeing that the mash is cleaned up at every 
feeding, otherwise the trough will become 
mouldy, with bad results to the birds. 
There has'come into use within recent years 
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