Show milk Substitute sas feed for chickens lactic acid seems to act as a tonic la Is milk a substitute for a 20 per cent mem us its a feed for chickens according to the lite results of an experiment conducted by the lite poultry department nt at south sath dakota college it Is if it 11 former farmer tins lins milk he ought to feet feed some of it to his chickens states ti I LJ ii i stevenson hend head of the lite poultry department milk allik can bo be fed to chickens to totter tetter than limn to hoga 1109 and older calves furthermore it will pay anyone to buy milk for tho thil young chicks the results of tho the experiment show that milk Is n substitute for meat mush mash if both tile lie ment meat mush mash find tho the have to be purchased tim meat inns i will supply the ho necess necessity iry protein to 0 o alii lie chickens for less cost A point in favor of tho lite milk however Is that it keeps tho the fowls tile the lactic acid in tile milk seems to oct net ns As 11 tonic ionic sto stevenson venson believes to combine ilia ho of the two feeds when hen both havil havo to he be pur clinsee clin sed lie ho advises unit that meat mash ansh ile he wet with wormed warmed milk or with the tha send solli buttermilk diluted with worm water this combination will cost but very little extra ond and will keep keel tile he chickens in good health in conducting the experiment three flocks of su 80 chickens each were used the semisolid semi solid buttermilk was fed to ono nil lot lie ment anent mash to the second tin and buttermilk and ment meat mash to the third all three flocks were also fed the he regular scratch feeds tile iho some of eggs were laid by each lock flock during the time tile the expert experiment was carried on |