Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-31
||EW-F0UND BY-PR0DUCT
| FOR FEEDING OF POULTRY
canut Meal and Meal From tho Soy
hcan Have Produced Results
That Arc Satisfactory.
Kings LEARNED IN WAR TIMES
eifct bean Meal From the West
nhu Cottonsccd Meal From the
south Not Satisfactory to Chicken
Ruiscrs.

"'" Not Satisfactory to thickcu
Ruiscrs.
"a teedlng poultry VIC have no diff
wy IN getting Il sufficient amount
iat and starch. but SIC do have
"uDle In securing enough protein in
r.2rpor'ion 10 The tat and starch.
i"e proper feed mixture FOR grow
~ chickens should he ono part pro-
.!n to 3d. TO 10 parts fat and starch,
~ 'pF laSins hens one pound pro-
~ 10 10 10 "a pounds fat aud starch.
NoIh contains nut one pound protein
zen, OF starch and fat: wheat. one
ci6hl. oats, Onr to six, hnd wye.
ne I" seven From this Tc SO" mat
10 Hralhs do not contain sufficient pro-
',h l" balance The other twu nutrients.
Fcihnt meal with hulis contains one
8ouhd protein 10 four aud eighteenth
'uhno TAT and starch: Soybcon meal
ic 70 two, cpttons"cd meal, one to
20 gluten meal, one to two. wheat
ran. one 10 four meat scraps one to
ne. aud velvet bean seed. one to three
al onu-h uif.
From this data wc gather that the
rain icc"a must br supplemented with
,lh by products and meals So AS to
lFc the fowls the proper amount OF
Eolr!n 10 balance the fat and sta'ch
on Industr! Mnkrs-B. Products
ihc world war caused !, shortage OF
= The shortage Of auima! oils was
} great that AN Increased production
vegetable oils became necessity.
hch oil which hitherto came from
Hfmauy hah 70 be furnished by other
iphtrics. rs a result, peanut and
'ybraa Industries have hourished.
7rticuiarly ia tn. South. Take the
istcrn section OF North Carolina AS
l illustration; hundreds OF acres have
cen cropped during the past few
sara; great warehouses have been
instructed TO facilitate the handling
these products. The oil is squeezed
of
-csshre, and the cake which is left Is
zen ground and sold as stock feed.
\ similar process IL used 10 get the
from the scybcan. These TWO meals
&c very high III protein. IN fact. APP
-oxsmately two-ftihs OF The meal is
'ubc protein.
Peanut M-ni for rouitr,
For Young Chlcks--.The North Caro-
ma experiment station has just.
nishcd some interesting ihrce-year
cdiug experiments. In ,hc test with
:anmt meal. jus, two reeds were
liked together. These two feeds were
round corn and peanut meal, IN the
Proportion OF slXty-siX pounds corn
thirty four pounds peanut meal IT
as observed when this mixture WAS
ID To baby chicks from the time they
ere Matched TO eight weeks old, with
= alter 10 drink. that the average weight
az chick was from thrce-tourths TO
,e pound. and that when the same
ed was mixed with butter milk or
adhered milk and the chicks were
Ven milk to drink. the chicks aver
scd from one and one-four;h 10 TWO
ounds clrh a. eight weeks OF age:
THIS shows that milk has narked
lmuiativc effect ON growth. similar
suits are obtained when meat - SUB
itutcd for milk. 1t is thus dehnitely
cults IN chick rearing, animal food,
thcr in The form OF milk or meat
,rap. must be used.
For layinE hcna: Similar good re-
Its wer. obtained with laying hens.
he mash or dry mixture consisted or
.anut meal, thlrty-three parts; whea,
cal. ,hiriy-tour parts The mash was
ept In hoppcrs, from which the birds
,u!d help themselves At all times the
blowing results were obtained: Where
,e hens could run a. large tney pro-
ired sufficient green feed ana amman
.od IN the Iornl OF worms ana bugs.
range. ar u the back lots OF VIII
ges il was found that the mash con-
fi,ined 20 per cent meat mcal OF ~
5isr cent dried buitermilk. Also, each
&sn must receive daily one-haif ounce
come Kind OF green food. The grain
ixturc given to these hens, IL add
on to the mash consisted OF eiuai
,rts rs weight. OF corn and oats. led
the rate OF one ounce per hen. niSht
other tests were run with soybcan
cal &!lar 10 those for peanut meal.
I'd u results were equally salts
ctor &! soybean meal Is substituted
r. - meal. use the same guam
IT meal. In those parts OF the coun-
y where neither peanut mea! nor
,ybean mea can be obtained. use an
RIual part OF gluten meal
TO low on Cottonseed Meal.
Much experimental work has been
ne in the feeding of cottonoeed meal
r poultry. some years ago II was
own that the coiOring matter called
Sssypol contained Il substance which
as injurious. 10 poultry II they OBJ
i, nlN
rived that when the amount Of cot
neeed meal consumed by one bird
ached one ounce per day the bird be
me sick OF the meal and refused 1t;
In per cent OF the pulicts placed
a mash containing 80 per cent cot
- nseed meal, pendulous crops with
Ipaction and paralysis results. Birds
Ill stand larger amounts of cotton
ed meal when they are on range, or
hen they are, given other feed, such
I" The mash for while il they be-
me somewhat sick OF it. and later
turn TO the mash. We have seen
nseed meal that they would refuse
food and die OF starvation. AT first
rds are very fond OF cottonseed meal.
Il the sossypol poison soon gets
i T ihr'c limit of safety for feeding cot
nseed meal for fowls for. all pur.
ses is about 10 per cent OF the feed
eding OF cottonseed meal II soy
an meal peanut meal or gluten meal
II be obtained.
velvet Hcnn Meal Dangerous. y
Irattcning Eroilcrs-The first tests
III velvet bean meal were mado In
injection with fatening broilers. The
iNture consisted of cOrnmeal forty
@ parts, beef scrap ten parts. The
MS contained 14S birds. Four per cent
I'd by the end OF fourteen days, and
. balance were n dejcctc-looking lot.
le average loss in weight was IL
r cent. The lowest loss was per
tides for this feeding experiment.
IDS reared from the same hocks were
ven the same feed mixtures, except |
at in one pen, peanut meal was sub |
tute,l for velvet meal, and in another !
n soybean meal was used in the |
ice Of velvet bean meal.
These birds all made satisfactory
ms in weight and none died. In ten
cks of baby chicks the following
xturo was used: Ground corn, TWEEN
height parts: ground oats. twenty |
8rht parts; velvet bean meal twenty |
4 Xii parts. meat meal sixteen parts. in |
lose chicks receiving this mixture
tn water there was mortality OF |
per cent and from those receiving |
he mash with milk the losses were ii |
$r cent. Those birds which survived |
n not properly develop.
Yin Il similar number of control |
cks The same feed mixture wus