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Show FEEDING OF BROILERS Interesting Experiment Made at Cornell Station. Wtt-Mssh Powdered Milk Ration Oavt tht 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 lusting tlx weeks, by the Cornell station. The purpose wub to ascertain what feed produced the best ealn at the least cost. The feeds were as follows: Cracked Grain. Ilran. Wheat three parte (by weight), corn two, hulled oata one (finely cracked), kept beforo 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 aoon aa chlcka could And It. Cracked Grain. Wheat three, corn two, huled oafs one (finely cracked!, kept before chlcka at all times; bocf- Good 8tytt of Houtt for Young Chicks Can Be Placed on Runner and Easily Moved, acrap unmixed with other foods given from first feeding time. Grain in lit. ter after first three days. Cracked Grain. Dry Mash. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oata one (finely (fine-ly cracked), kept before chlcka at all tlmea; wheat three, corn two, bullet) oats one (finely ground), bran twi fed In dish with cracked gruln fur first few days, afterward In separata dish; cracked grain In litter; beef-scrap beef-scrap unmixed with other foods given from first feeding time. Dry Mash. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oats one (finely ground), bran two, kept before chicks at all tlrnei; beef-scrap unmixed with other foods given from thq first feeding time. , Wet Mash, I'owederd-Mllk Solution. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oats one (finely ground), bran two, tho 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 aa was readily eaten, Ave times A day for first week, decrenHlng the number of feeds as seemed best; beef acrap unmixed with other foods given from the first feeding time. Wet Mash, Skimmed Milk. Wheat three, corn two, hulled oats one I finely fine-ly ground), bran two, thla nianh moistened slightly with sweet' skimmed milk, fed in auch quantity as waa readily eaten, five times daily for the first week, decreasing feeds as seemed best; beef-scrap unmixed with other foods given from first feeding time. The following facts were found: Tht youngsters relished the wet-mash wet-mash feed better than the dry feed. The chlcka 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 waa the wet-mash fork. Chlcka 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 bsvlng the variety ration made, during the fifth week, the greatest great-est weekly gain, of tht experiment, 'hicks having tht wet mash and tht rarlety rationa made better growth han those having dry mash or :racked grain. Chlcka having dry mash made thi eaat gain In weight per chick, at greatest cost per pound. ' The wet mash and tht variety r.v i Ion flocks att less per pound weight. Feeding Trough for Mash. 1 nd at less cost per pound weight then bt flock having tht dry rations. Dry feeding cost less for labor per i 00 chlcka than the wtt mash. Tht variety ration cost mort for sbor per 100 chicks for tht first three reeks, but coat leaa than tht wtt aash for six weeks. I Considering tht number of chlcka 1 eared, tht vigor of tht chlcka. and ha continued palatabllity of tht ra- I Ion. tht variety ration gavt tht beat esulta for the first tlx weeks. la total weight of Cock averagt relght of chlcka, rapid growth and 1 tvtlopment, cost per pound gain tad 1 er pound weight, tht wet mash pow- ered milk ration gavt the best r ulta |
