Show Growth Stimulated by Meat Scraps in Ration It seems to be the usual practice to feed no other protein supplement when chicks are given g liquid milk ns as the only drink However IIo a small amount of meat scraps is some some- sometimes sometimes sometimes times added to the mash Some e ex- ex experiments ex experiments have been conducted nt at Purllue Purdue to determine the value alue or of different levels of meat scraps In a ration where chicks have milk ony only to drink In these experiments n a ration containing no meat scraps was as compared to rations containing b 5 10 and 15 1 per cent of meat and hone scraps The chicks chicles In all nil lots received liquid buttermilk as their only drink The rations containing 5 per cent meat and bone scraps gave ga gale much more rapid growth than those con con- containing taming no meat scraps While 10 pEr cent meat scraps was vas some somewhat hat superior to 5 per cent the Increase In the rate of ot growth was not as great as that produced by 5 per percent cent meat scraps compared to no meat scraps In Tn the first experiment In which 15 per cent meat scraps was fed the chicks did 1111 not grow satis satis- satisfactorily satisfactorily fa No explanation can be given en for this poor growth since no abnormal conditions were oh- oh ob observed served In n the post mortem examina examIna- examInations examinations examinations of a n number of these chick s chicks I Indiana Farmers Farmer's Guide |