Parowan Times | 1928-05-02 | Page 2 | Meat Scraps or Milk in Ration

MEAT SCRAPS OR MILK IN RATION home grown feeds should be used its 13 much ns as possible in the ration of the farm flock but grain feeds should be balanced with milk or went meat scraps or both says george georae ghostley Gli poultry specialist of the agricultural ngel cultural extension service of the university of minnesota ground feed called mash as well as grain la Is necessary the following will give good results he says grain cracked yellow corn two it w 0 parts wheat one ona part and heavy oats oa ts ahalt part mash blash one hundred parts each of bran ground yellow corn ground oats and moat meat scrap three parts each of 0 salt and charcoal Is an extremely valuable food for poultry more valuable even thau than for hogs feed shim sh im milk or buttermilk if possible reduce the meat scrap one halt half it if there la Is milk before tile the birds all the time if they have milk only to doln the meat scrap can be scrapped entirely particularly it if 5 per cent more bon emeal Is added to the mash one pint of cod liver ever oil to each hundred pounds of mash mixed first with charcoal and then with theother them other ingredients makes a valuable addition to the ration the nasli mash should be before the hens bens in hoppers or feeders all the time more grain than mash should be fed during the cold co id weather with the reverse the case in surn summer mer feed tightly lightly of grate grain in the morning warm water oyster shell grit and green or succulent feed such as alfalfa or clover leaves mangels carrots cabbage cull potatoes potato eq rutabagas agag or I 1 sprouted oats should be furnished changes should be made gradually