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Show u nlTvr t ... 5 .., V , ! f I 1 ' T) l n.s t, - -j , ; , ; i - -1 ' . I 'I , ' ! - FEEDING OF BROILERS Interesting Experiment Made al Cornell Station. Wet-Mash Powdered Milk Ration Gave the Best Result With Chicks In Weight, Rapid Growth and Their Development. Seven flocks of 110 chicks each, were made the subject 'of a feeding experiment lasting six weeks, by the Cornell station. The purpose was to ascertain what feed produced the best gain at the least cost. The feeds were as follows; Cracked Grain, Bran Wheat three parts (by weight), corn two, hulled oats one (finely cracked), kept before chicks at all times; bran fed In dish, with cracked grain for first few days, afterward in separate dish; beef-scrap unmixed with other foods given from first feeding time. Grain fed in litter as soon as chicks could find It. Cracked Grain. Wheat three, corn two, huled oats one (finely cracked), kept before chicks at all times; beef- i Good Style of House for Young Chicks Can Be Placed on Runner and Easily Moved, scrap unmixed with other foods given from first feeding time. Grain In lit-ter lit-ter after first three days. Dry Mash. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oats one (finely ground), bran two, kept before chicks at all times; beef-scrap unmixed with other foodi given from the first feeding time. Wet Mash, Powederd-Milk Solution. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oats one (finely ground), bran two, the mixture moistened slightly with pow. dered-milk solution; solution being one part milk-powder to nine parts water, for first week, afterward the proportion of the powder increased somewhat; moist mash fed in such quantity as was readily eaten, five times a day for first week, decreasing the number of feeds as seemed best; beef-scrap unmixed with other foods given from the first feeding time. Wet Mash, Skimmed Milk. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oats one (finely (fine-ly ground), bran two, this mash moistened slightly with sweet skimmed milk, fed in such quantity as was readily eaten, five times dally for the first week, decreasing feeds as Beemed best; beef-scrap unmixed with other foods given from first feeding time. The following facts were found: The youngsters relished the wet-mash wet-mash feed better than the dry feed. The chicks seemed to require both cracked and ground food, and they craved a variety of all feeds. The chicks fed wet mash were the) largest and plumpest, but those on the variety ration were the most active. These latter had no mortality up to six weeks. Next to these the lowest In mortality was the wet-mash flock. Chicks reared on skimmed milk mash made a most rapid growth for the first three weeks. The chicks reared on powdered-milk mash made the greatest growth in six weeks. Chicks having the variety ration I made, during the fifth week, the great-' great-' est weekly gain of the experiment. I Chicks having the wet mash and the j variety rations made better growth than those having dry mash or cracked grain. Chicks having dry mash made the least gain In weight per chick, at greatest cost per pound. The wet mash and the variety ration ra-tion flocks ate less per pound weight, and at less cost per pound weight than the flock having the dry rations. Dry feeding cost less for labor per 100 chicks than the wet mash. - The variety ration cost more for labor per 100 chicks for the first three weeks, but coBt less than the wet mash for six we.c5s. Considering the number of chicks reared, the vigor of the chicks, and the continued palatabillty of the ration, ra-tion, the variety ration gave the best results for the first six weeks. In total weight of flock average weight of chicks, rapid growth and development, cost per pound gain and per pound weight, the wet-mash powdered-milk- ration gave the best re-suits. |