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Show Milk Products Fill Many Poultry Needs Health and Production Improved by Their Use Dried milk products dried skim milk, dried buttermilk and dried ! cheese whey are important ingre- I dients in practically all commercially commercial-ly mixed poultry mashes, and are important to farmers seeking added add-ed quality in their poultry rations. Many supplements included in poultry feeds are added to provide I one specific nutrient. But milk products prod-ucts provide many nutrients and per- I form several important jobs in a 1 poultry mash. I All three popular milk product j supplements long have been recog-nized recog-nized as rich natural sources of I riboflavin. This vitamin has been Value of farmers' grain will be Increased by mixing into the mashes one of the dried milk products. found necessary to health and growth in chicks and is helpful in maintaining high egg production and increased hatchability. These milk products also are high In lactose or milk sugar. This is important in poultry feeds because milk sugar favors development of a "friendly bacteria" in the intestines intes-tines and this helps provide good intestinal health. Proteins found in milk products have a high biological or ' growth promoting value. They provide balance bal-ance to the proteins in cereal feeds. The combination of lactose and high quality protein in these products helps assure more complete assimilation assimi-lation and utilization of other nutrients nutri-ents in mixed feeds. And of course dried skim milk, dried buttermilk or dried cheese whey contain sizable quantities ol calcium and phosphorus and the other minerals of milk. |