Mineral Content of Southern Poultry Feeds 
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FEED MIXTURES 
The following mixtures were used in these experiments, the pro¬ 
portions being given in weight: 
TABLE XXII 
ACID-BASE BALANCE OF POULTRY RATIONS 
(Results expressed in cc. excess per pound feed) 
Ration 
Number 
Kinds of Feed 
Amount 
Acid 
Base 
Per Cent 
Protein 
Calories 
1 
Scratch Feed 
Corn___ _ 
100 
Oats.. ... 
100 
61.96 
12 
2 
Mash Feed 
Wheat middlings_ -_ - __-_ 
35 
Corn meal_ .... . _ 
30 
Ground oats..... - _ 
35 
Dried buttermilk-. . _ . . _ . 
35 
231.4 
27 
3 
Wheat middlings..... 
35 
Corn meal... . . 
30 
Ground oats_- -__-__ 
35 
Meat and bone meal. ...__ 
20 
125.9 
30 
4 
Wheat middlings...-__ - 
35 
Corn meal__- - -- _ 
30 
Ground oats_ 
35 
Digester tankage_ __ _ 
18 
153.7 
30 
5 
Wheat middlings_ _ -_- 
35 
Corn meal... .. _ . . . _- 
30 
Ground oats 
35 
Soybean meal___ 
24 
63.9 
30 
6 
Wheat middlings . - 
35 
Corn meal 
30 
Ground oats_ 
35 
Peanut meal_ _ .. . _ . . _ 
41 
54.5 
19 
7 
Wheat middlings 
35 
Corn meal 
30 
Ground oats 
35 
Blood meal.. _ _ _ 
14 
41.21 
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discussion 
The low caloric value of peanut meal ration (Ration No. 6) is due 
to the fact that the meal was made from peanuts and hulls not fat 
extracted under which conditions we find 40.40 per cent fat. 
The caloric value of all the animal food rations—Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 7—■ 
are about the same; containing 27 to 31 per cent protein calories. 
The soybean meal ration is in the same column so far as protein 
calories are concerned. 
The grain feeds have less protein caloric value, having only 12 per 
cent. 
