July is, 1918 Mineral Content of Southern Poultry Feeds 
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Table II. — Mineral content of southern poultry feeds 
[Results expressed as parts per hundred] 
SEPARATE ANALYSES 
Feed. 
Num¬ 
ber of 
analy¬ 
ses. 
Potas¬ 
sium. 
Sodi¬ 
um. 
Cal¬ 
cium. 
Magne¬ 
sium. 
Sul¬ 
phur. 
Chlo- 
rin. 
Phos¬ 
phorus. 
Iron. 
Cornmeal, bolted .. 
4 
o -349 
0.072 
0.0092 
0.1336 
0.160 
0.0244 
0.341 
0.004 
Pinhead oats . 
7 
.441 
.109 
. 0126 
.0704 
. 236 
.0900 
•499 
.0019 
Rolled oats. 
2 
*370 
.136 
.0430 
• 1560 
.256 
.0238 
•473 
.0062 
Whole wheat. 
13 
■435 
• 039 
.0271 
. 1127 
.183 
.0630 
*436 
.007 
Whole corn. 
13 
■332 
.041 
.0127 
• 1051 
. 148 
• 0521 
• 293 
.0044 
Wheat middlings . 
6 
•949 
1.219 
.0980 
.3628 
'•232 
.0603 
.783 
• 0052 
Bone meal a . 
3 
. 229 
•735 
21.1770 
.5800 
. 170 
.0900 
10. 349 
.018 
Hulled oats . 
6 
.387 
•053 
.0915 
.1465 
.204 
.0870 
•454 
.0109 
Meat and bone meal o .... 
4 
.185 
•745 
12.806 
.460 
•359 
■ 850 
6.560 
.0580 
Velvet-bean meal. 
1 
1.186 
.141 
• 360 
• 208 
•IS* 
. 222 
.764 
. 0126 
Soy bean meal (fat extract) 
1 
1.189 
•415 
.238 
. 298 
•438 
.032 
.664 
.0300 
Peanut meal (fat extract). 
1 
1.177 
•326 
• 138 
.326 
•323 
•043 
•735 
.0300 
Skim milk. 
2 
•151 
.144 
•i 53 
.0018 
.0424 
• 065 
. 136 
.0036 
Egg, including shell . 
3 
• 0103 
. 200 
.608 
.098s 
•3950 
.150 
• 302 
.0103 
Rape, green . 
3 
.2510 
.008 
.0084 
.0206 
•0354 
•093 
. 1026 
.00000076 
Limestone grit . 
2 
.0000 
.000 
30.9700 
6.6700 
.000 
.000 
. 000 
3.330000 
Oyster shell . 
2 
.0000 
.000 
37 - 951 
.4200 
.147 
.090 
.000 
•375000 
ANALYSES OR PEED IN EACH SACK & 
(ia) Corn meal, bolted_ 
(ib) Pinhead oats. 
ic) Rolled oats. 
4d) Cracked wheat. 
ie) Cracked corn. 
if) Wheat middlings.... 
(ig) Bone meal. 
(ih) Meat and bone meal. 
(ii) Hulled oats. 
ij) Limestone grit. 
ik) Oyster shell. 
(im) Skim milk. 
0.265 
0. 076 
0.0102 
0.1318 
.467 
■US 
. 0100 
•0557 
• 370 
• 149 
.0430 
•1557 
• 437 
•034 
.0240 
. 1027 
•344 
•038 
.0170 
.0667 
.694 
.646 
.0840 
.3728 
•145 
.886 
22.0550 
.5700 
•179 
•304 
13-333 
• 2700 
•374 
.084 
.056 
.1542 
.000 
.000 
30.970 
6.6700 
.000 
.000 
37-951 
.4200 
*151 
.144 
•153 
. 0018 
0.163 
0.0232 
0.3310 
0.0018 
. 264 
■ 1050 
.5190 
. 0020 
. 276 
.0249 
.4620 
.0072 
. 182 
.0650 
.4840 
. 0022 
•195 
•0550 
.3012 
.0028 
• 238 
• 1050 
.9420 
.0048 
. 180 
.0700 
10.3690 
.0150 
•350 
. 8200 
6-5700 
• 0500 
•235 
.0600 
.4060 
.0030 
.000 
.0000 
. 0000 
3 * 33 oo 
.147 
.0900 
.0000 
•3750 
.0424 
.0650 
• 1360 
.0036 
a It is probable that in both bone meal and in meat and bone meal considerable tricalcium phosphate 
[Cas(P 04 )sJ is lost in burning. 
& In making up the feed mixtures for these experiments each kind of feed was taken from a single sack. 
FEED MIXTURES 
The following mixtures were used 
being given by weight: 
mixture 1 
ic Rolled oats. 8 parts. 
if Wheat middlings. 8 parts. 
ih Meat and bone meal. 2 parts. 
ig Bone meal. 1 part. 
MIXTURE 2 
4d Cracked wheat. 3 parts. 
ie Cracked com. 2 parts. 
ib Pinhead oats. 1 part. 
Table III gives the mineral 
these experiments, the proportions 
MIXTURE 3 
if Wheat middlings. 6 parts. 
ia Com meal. 3 parts. 
ih Meat and bone meal. 3 parts. 
ig Bone meal. 1 part. 
mixture 4 
4d Whole wheat. 3 parts. 
ie Cracked com. 2 parts. 
ii Hulled oats. 1 part. 
of the four feed mixtures. 
