Show vav L I 1 KEEP THE GROWING CHICKS WE WELL LL FED several rations economical and effective growing chicks sheild be well fed to insure health protection against disease rapid economical gains while they are young and quality flavor bavor to the meat of broilers and friers says 0 0 lord extension at the colorado agricultural college A simple economical and effective growing ration tor for the farm flock can he be made ufford suggests fron from the following ingredients the scratch mixture may be cracked corn of a size suitable for the chick whole wheat or a mixture of equal parts of these two grains A mash mixture may be composed of the following feeds he says fine yellow cornmeal comment 85 pounds bran 25 pounds shorts 20 25 pounds meat meal or ment scrap 10 pounds bone meal 4 pounds snit salt I 1 pound ground wheat ingv be substituted for ane bran and anc shorts if desired whan milk Is available aval kible in any form it can very ery profitably be fed to the flock it Is added the should be kept in suitable non feeders allowing the chicks tree free across to it tit at all times 1 the extension says and feeding space should be provided so that at least one fourth of the fl flock ck can feed at one time the groin grain can be fed in hoppers morning or evening in amounts that the birds bird 8 ca can n lean clean C up readily or fed in a litter of straw that should be changed occasionally as a sanitary precaution green feed Is a very important part of the chicks diet diel when a green range lawn clippings alfalfa lettuce or other other greens are not available 6 5 to 10 pounds of alfalfa leaf meal should be added to each pounds of the above gasn mixture |