Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — POULTRY [ARTICLE]

POULTRY

ONE GOOD FATTENING RATION Pennsylvania Station Makes Suggew tion as to Feed Where Different Kinds of Flesh Is Desired. The Pennsylvania station suggests the following grain rations for fattenIng poultry, as having been used with success: Where a yellow flesh is wanted a ration should be made of cornmeal, five parts; ground oats, hulls removed, two parts; animal meal, one part mixed with sour milk. Where a whit er flesh Is wanted the following ra? tions are recommended: Corn meal, two parts; ground buckwheat, two parts; ground oats; two parts mixed with sour milk. Another: Barley meal, two parts; middlings, two parts; buck* wheat, two parts; com meal, one part, mixed with sour milk. Another: The refuse from shredded wheat and sour milk. When birds are confined for fatten, trig sour milk aids digestion and keeps the system from getting (even ish. If no milk is available , sipms form of animal or food must be supplied to make the best gains, Should a chicken for any reason get off its food a good plan is to turn it out in the yard. It will usually re* cover in a short time. Water should be given once a day and grit twice a week. The rations should be fed rather soft, about like porridge. Ths food should never remain before th»rn from one meal to another Take It away twenty minutes after feeding,