. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDS FOR POULTRY 399 account of their greater palatability. It should be remembered that fresh lean meat contains but about 40 per ct. as much protein as high-grade dried meat scrap, and consequently more must be used to balance the ration. Skim milk; buttermilk; whey.—These dairy by-products are fully as satisfactory protein-rich feeds as dried meat scrap. They may be given as a drink or may b
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDS FOR POULTRY 399 account of their greater palatability. It should be remembered that fresh lean meat contains but about 40 per ct. as much protein as high-grade dried meat scrap, and consequently more must be used to balance the ration. Skim milk; buttermilk; whey.—These dairy by-products are fully as satisfactory protein-rich feeds as dried meat scrap. They may be given as a drink or may be used to mix with the mash, the latter being a common practice in the commercial fattening of poultry. Skim milk or buttermilk is especially valuable for young chicks. Sour skim milk is preferred to sweet for poultry. Whey, tho of much less value than skim milk or buttermilk, may be used with good results as a drink or for moistening mashes. In using whey, it should be remembered that it is only fairly rich in Fig. 114.—Milk Is an Ideal Feed for Growing Chicks (1) Chicks, 6 weeks old, fed wheat and green clover; (2) chicks, same age, fed cracked corn, green clover, and milk; (3) chicks, same age, fed cracked corn and green clover. The chicks fed milk gained about 4 times as much as Lot I or Lot III. None of them died, while the death" rate in Lot I was 16 per ct. and in Lot III 40 per ct. (From Halpin, Wisconsin Station.) Pish scrap; fresh fish.—A good grade of fish scrap, from which most of the oil has been expressed, is a satisfactory substitute for meat scrap. The kind of fish scrap usually sold for fertilizer should not be employed. Fresh fish are frequently fed in winter but care should be taken to see that all tainted or spoiled meat is rejected, lest the fowls be made sick or bad-flavored eggs result. Milk albumin.—This is a trade name for a by-product obtained in the manufacture of milk sugar from skim milk. In the process the casein is precipita
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