Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-13 | Page 6 | Rations Vary in Poult Test

RATIONS VARY IN TEST 4 l Poultry News ii 0 1 Herewith is th the tho second second- of ot a series of articles on re results results-of an experiment experiment conducted conducted last season at the Utah State Agricultural college By BYRON BY ON ALDER ALDER- Poultry Husbandman Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural Experiment Station used used In the tao experiment w were vere re permitted freo free outside run when weather conditions were fa is- Tho The brooder house was approximately m tely el eight ht feet by ten feet with witha a hover 30 inches wide extending a across ross one end nd Four two-Inch two pip pipes s ran under the e hOY hover r approximately mn 10 O to 12 inches from the floor Joor to provide uniform heat On the outside an art 8 b by 20 foot run was covered with c cement nt nt Thermostats stats controlled temperature tempera tempera- ture tune of water in tho six p pens ns being used in tho the experiment R Rations fed d turkeys as as- 80 starting start start- ing lug mash consisted of at mixtures of mill mUl run bran and shorts ground wheat ground yellow corn c rn ground barley meat meal fish meal dried milk mhZ fine ground limestone salt cod liver oil oU and alfalfa meaL macaL Yellow Yellow Yel Yel- low corn was kept out of all but but pens 1 and 6 6 ground barley being substituted in the other four foul In Instances in In- stances and skim milk was given turkeys s' s in pens 3 and 5 instead of dried milk After Alter tho the first week a a. mixture of cracked yellow corn and whole wheat in Inn equal parts was fed in small oU quantities in In- pens 1 and 6 on top o ot of dry dt mash The amount was gradually increased each week Pens 2 23 3 4 i and 5 S were fed fedIn in the Same manner mariner that this grain mixture r ra waS wad w made up of cracked barI barley Y and whole wheat t equal amounts During the first ten ton days In pens 3 and 5 had Sour Sour sour- milk to drink and no water After J the tenth day both milk and Water vater were always avail avail- able When the birds were Vere si six weeks old aId the starting ration was changed to a growing rati ration n consisting of tho the Santo sante ingredients plus green t feed cd b but t In Inn larger quantities P Pea Peri rl 6 was the only one in tho the group being given ground oats o ts instead of barley and the dried milk portion to pen 4 was WM discontinued