The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15


tains approximately "a per cent. pro-
tein, per cent. fat, per cent. ash,
Z per cent. fiber, and 46 per cent.
starchy matter, and would cost $3.50
a hundred unmixed at retail. The
writer has had good success with
mixture of 100 pounds corn meal, so
pounds wheat bran, SO pounds flour
middlings, so pounds gluten feed, and
SO pounds beef scrap; it contains %
per cent. protein, 6 per cent. fat, 5
per cent. ash, per cent. fiber, and 81
per cent. starchy matter, and costs
$3.50 a hundred unmixed at retail.
The scrap may be omitted and mixed
in with the grains as often as it is
deemed necessary. Such mixtures
may be fed either dry, or made into
friable mash with skim milk or hot
water together with little salt
Either of the above combinations will
certainly be productive of good re-
suits, and will cost less than the aver
age ready ration.
After chemical and microscopic
study of the various poultry mashes
on the market, the writer suggests the
following don'ts:
l. Don't buy a feed that contains
much in excess of or per cent. ash.
2. Don't buy feed that has notice
whether the yolk can be formed as
easily from the starchy matter and pro-
tein has not so far as the writer is aware,
been scientifically demonstrated
tout of the market; substitute gluten
feed.
able quantities OF grain hulis, hay or
weed seeds.
3. Don't purchase one that is guar.
anteed to contain less than Is per
cent of protein.
4. Don't purchase food that is bit.
ter, mouldy or sour.
5. Don't fail to make a careful ex-
animation of both guarantees and
physical condition before ordering.
s. Don't forget that if you are a
large consumer, you can prepare
first class mixture for $3.50 hundred
pounds.
Chick feeds are composed of finely
cracked wheat, corn, hulled oats, kaffir
corn, and often millet seed, grit, and
charcoal. They average in the vicinity
of II per cent. protein and or per
cent. fat. A reasonable quantity of
grit 90 to Is per cent? is not OBJ
| jectionable, but it is generally more
economical to purchase it separately
than to pay ~ or more cents pound
for it. These mixtures have been
found to be sweet and of good quality
in most instances. While from the
standpoint of nutrition they must be
considered expensive, yet the profit
! to the manufacturers is probably not
excessive, because of the cost OF
cracking, screening, and putting up in
small packages. They furnish, with
the addition of little meat scrap, a
very desirable food for the first four
to six weeks of the life Of the chick.
Poultry grains have been found to
contain corn whole and cracked),
wheat, kaftir corn, barley, oats and
sunfiower seeds. Other constituents
frequently observed are buckwheat,
millett seed, peas, popcorn, screenings,
! charcoal, shells and grit. In some
cases the corn was noticed to be of
poor quality, and the wheat shrunken.
The average price was $1.S5 hundred
pounds. The consumer should care
fully observe before purchasing that
the mixture is sweet and free from
screenings and grit The writer pre-
fers to buy corn, oats, barley, and
wheat separately, believing it to be
more economical. Mixtures of the
above grains of good quality can be
had for $3.50 a hundred. From the
standpoint of economy, shells, grit and
! charcoal should likewise be purchased
by themselves
Alfalfa and clover meals are fire.
quently found in the market The for.
mer will contain II to Is per cent. pro
! tein, and the latter about IL to IL per
cent. Ground alfalfa tops will test Is
to 20 per cent. protein, and ground
clover tops Is to 16 per cent. The tops
are much to be preferred for poultry
Poultrymen should grow their own
clover cutting and curing it when in
the bud.