Show influence of minerals on growth of chicks at the wisconsin wl onsen station shuw show that chaks which wore were fed the lip wisconsin ration of eighty parts moud yellow corn twenty ports parts I lie affie parts chick size she hone bone meal rive live parts chck size ground limestone and one part salt with free access to skim eldin milk did much better in recent tests than 8 ehilt were fd rations in wh which cli part of the min minerals ernIs I 1 were e out in ten weeks the clucks which chic n were fed the regular ration given above weighed 11 03 krims grams A similar lot in the hone bone meal leq was left out grew to an overage average of grams crams while a lot that ailed i to have limestone included in their ration weighed tra grams at the age of nineteen weeks the chicks weighed 1107 and grams respectively for the different lots the above tests show the need of including minerals in the chick ration A ration containing milk or milk byproducts combined with minerals in the approximate proportion used ira iq the lie wisconsin ration forms form the basis fur for most of the successful chick starting mashes yellow corn Is a good ingredient for one of the grains as it contains a plentiful supply of vitamin A the kind of other cereals used does not matter so much so long is as they are easily digested and attractive to lije chicks |