Mineral Content of Southern Poultry Feeds 
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Mixture 9 
Ground oats, 1 part. 
Ground corn, 1 part. 
Peanut meal (fat ext.), 1 part. 
This mixture is to be used with sour skim milk, or buttermilk, and 
the chicks given milk to drink. If milk is not available, 10 per cent 
meat meal should be added. 
Mixture 10 
Ground oats, 1 part. 
Ground corn, 1 part. 
Soybean meal (fat ext.), 1 part. 
This mixture is to be used with sour skim milk or buttermilk and 
the chicks given milk to drink. If milk is not available, 10 per cent meat 
meal should be added. 
The following table gives the comparative mineral study of the 
analyses of the bodies of the baby chick, the broiler, the hen and of 
the ten feed mixtures. Parts per hundred. 
TABLE XII 
MINERAL CONTENT. PARTS PER HUNDRED 
Fowl or Mixture 
K 
Na 
Ca 
Mg 
S 
Cl 
P 
Fe 
Baby chick.. 
0.2922 
0.2774 
0.1978 
0.0028 
0.0107 
0.1510 
0.3550. 
0.0054 
Broiler...___ . . ... 
.2380 
.1580 
1.0340 
.0440 
.3030 
.0790 
1.2880 
.0056 
Hen....____ 
.2750 
.1640 
1.2970 
.0510 
.3820 
.2080 
1.5100 
.0066 
Mixture 1_ . 
.6450 
.4060 
2.6154 
.2796 
.2570 
.1440 
1.8214 
.0079 
Mixture 2_ 
.4090 
.0410’ 
.0193 
.0827 
.2000 
.0670 
.4280 
.0023 
Mixture 3.. ..... 
.4300 
.4480 
4.8126 
.3049 
.2380 
.2470 
2.8050 
.1176 
Mixture 4_ .. 
.3940 
.0270 
.0270 
.0992 
.1950 
.0600 
.4090 
.0025 
Mixture 5_ _ 
.6387 
.1609 
.1081 
.2011 
.2170 
.0308 
.4788 
.0131 
Mixture 6.. . 
.6429 
.1922 
.0892 
.1914 
.2573 
.0366 
.4540 
.0131 
Mixture 7______ 
.5013 
.1797 
3.6421 
.2455 
.2181 
.4747 
1.4779 
.0066 
Mixture 8.. _ 
.7391 
.5502 
2.7667 
.3088 
.2784 
.4925 
1.6568 
.0183 
Mixture 9_ _ 
.6320 
.1409 
.0807 
.1927 
.2250 
.0607 
.4940 
.0413 
Mixture 10.. 
.6360 
.1701 
.1140 
.1535 
.2630 
.0570 
.4703 
.0151 
A study of the mineral content of these various rations shows that 
none are deficient in potassium. All vegetation used for feed is appar¬ 
ently rich in this one element. Mixtures 2 and 4, all grain mixtures, 
are deficient in sodium and, to a slight degree, this is true of Mixture 9. 
All of the mixtures made up of grain or mill products are deficient in 
calcium, only those containing meat and bone meal, and bone meal 
