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Show BALANCED RATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR EGGS New Things Discovered to Bo Given Consideration. To Overcome Acid In Feed Mixtures Necessary to Supply Meat Scrap or Something Similar Fresh Milk Will Help. Every person who keeps poultry Is sure to be impressed sooner or later by the importance of feeding well-I well-I balanced rations, especially for the production of eggs. Ordinarily a balanced bal-anced ration means a ration that has the proportions of carbohydrates, protein pro-tein and fat that have been found by experience to produce the best results, but new things are being discovered that need to be given consideration In balancing a ration. For instance. It Is now thought that It may be well to have a balance between the ncid uud alkaline feeds and that there Is a pos-slblllty pos-slblllty that the continued use of an acid-forming diet may lead to a grader grad-er susceptibility to certain diseases. The grain mixtures that are commonly com-monly used by poultrymon are acid. Mash mixtures containing suilicicnt quantities of digester tankage, meat and bone meal, dried milk or dried blood will be alknllne. The acid In feed mixtures can be overcome by these feeds Just mentioned and by ground limestone and oyster shell. Tills further emphasises the necessity of feeding a mash containing nient snip or some feed of this kind. Green feed nnd fresh milk also heip to over come acidity. |