Show wartime protein substitutes tested corn gluten mash with linseed meal effective using not more than four pounds of if the usual protein feeds in of chick starter compared with 12 to 16 6 or more before the war university of wisconsin specialists have levisee rations giving results comparable to those of prewar times the basic wartime ration which worked tolerably well proved somewhat b deficient in vitamins it included i ground yellow corn 45 ab ibs S wheat bran 15 lbs ibs wheat mid rings 15 lbs ibs alfalfa leaf meal 5 ibs meat scrap 4 lbs ibs soybean aimmeal ail meal 16 lbs ibs limestone grit 15 ibs granite grit 15 lbs ibs iodia ionized iodized ed salt 05 ib sardine oil 05 1 ib b and manganese sulfate 08 lb ib when the protein feeds were three pounds of a special fish meal with vitamin content preserved and 16 of soybean oil oll meal the results were as good as with prewar protein combinations bi tho basis ration was improved by using instead of sardine oil from 1 lo 10 2 per r cent c e nt commercial vitamin D dt POW powder of a kind which contains whey bles and fish liver solids and which therefore carries B vitamins as well as vitamin D due to soybean oil oll meal it was found that part of the soybean oil meal can be satisfactorily replaced by corn gluten meal and linseed meal although a chick ration sh should c uld not contain more than 5 per c ent cent linseed meal one of the best protein feed cam combinations bi employing substitutes for the substitute proved to be meat scrap 4 soybean oil oll meal 6 linseed meal 6 5 corn gluten meal 5 although a chick starter carrying 20 parts of protein feed in is satisfactory where pullets are to be raised for layers there is an advantage in using more protein where east ast r growth Is highly important in producing broilers it is well to use 1 parts s of meat scrap and 20 of soybean oil meal instead of 4 and 16 |