Show N LVA CHICK MASHES CAN BE MIXED AT HOME s good results if property prop fly ground and mixed by rr H alp poultry extension specialist col college ege of 0 Aari agriculture culture university ot of I 1 illinois service many poultry flock owners who won der about using their own farm grains for or chick starting feeds can do so with good results if it they caTe carefully fully select grind and mix the ingredients flock owners of the state were raising more than chickens annually in the last census so that economy ot of feeding Is 1 a n big item when ground wheat Is used in placer placa of wheat bran and wheat a starting mash can be made from 60 50 pounds ground yellow corn 15 pounds ground wheat 10 pounds finely ground oats 1 10 0 pounds dried slim milk or dried buttermilk 10 pounds meat scrap 4 pounds alfalfa leaf meal and andi 1 I pound salt when soybean oil m meal eal la Is available the formula Is 50 pounds ground yel yet low corn 10 pounds soybean oil meal 10 pounds finely ground oats 10 pounds dried skim milk or dried butter milk 4 pounds alfalfa leaf meal 10 pounds ground wheat 3 pounds bone meal 2 pounds ground 0 oyster shell and 1 I pound salt sail when wheat bran and wheat are used in place of ground wheat the formula Is CO pounds ground yellow corn 4 pounds alfalfa leaf meal 10 pounds wheat flour 10 pounds dried or dried buttermilk 10 pounds meat scrap 15 pounds bran and 1 pound salt when the chicks can b be e given milk to drink instead of water a mash can be made from 55 pounds ground yellow corn 5 pounds alfalfa leaf meal 15 pounds finely ground oats 2 pounds pound ground oyster shell 15 pounds ground wheat 2 pounds bone meal 5 pounds meat scrap and 1 pound salt A mash mixture which has given satisfactory results when fed to chicks confined to batteries can be made from 40 pounds ground yellow corn 20 pounds wheat bran 20 pounds wheat flour 4 pounds alfalfa leaf meal 4 pounds dried milk 10 pounds meat scrap I 1 pint of cod liver oil and 1 pound salt massachusetts poultry about free of disease A total of poultry flocks in mas alas were completely tested and found free of pullo ruin disease last year according to a report issued by the massachusetts experiment station disease also known as bacal lary white diarrhea Is perhaps the most destructive disease with which poultry men have had to contend in past years the department of vet urinary science at the massachusetts state college has conducted tests ot of birds and conducted experiments la in the disease for a number of years last year massachusetts led all other states in the total number of flocks tree free from disease since disease is 1 transmitted from one generation to the next most progressive poultry men make an effort to buy hatching eggs or baby chicks only from flocks which have been tested and found free of the dis dig ease case the experiment station report shows that disease free flocks are found in every county in the state feed potatoes to hens feeding reeding of cooked potatoes to hens improves the ration by providing varl ety and palatability they encourage consumption of feed and thus increase egg production unmarketable pota toes can be used advantageously for poultry raw potatoes are not satis factory tor for hens A good way to feed the potatoes Is in a hot potato mash by steaming or boiling potatoes until they mash freely they can be mashed and mixed with equal portions of laying mash and fed to the hens while warm six to 10 pounds of potatoes tor for each hens will be sufficient for one feeding a day which can be either at noon or night prairie farmer poultry facts china which has long supplied quan titles of frozen eggs to great 1351 tal now has a rival in the market since australia Is shipping eggs to britain too the department of veterinary set ence of the massachusetts state col rol lege reports that poultry flocks in massachusetts were completely test ed last year and found free of pul put lorum disease one of the most serious poultry diseases pullets must have substance and at size Z e in order to stand up under the strain required in heavy egg prodie tion I 1 to secure a good fall and R inter ega eg production the pullets lets must be the kind that mature early and come into production early when it comes to c calories ta lories one medium sized egg weighing about two and a half ounces in the shell supplies 25 calories of protein and 45 of fat making a total of 70 calories |