. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 222 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING separate hopper, the same as grit and oyster shells, or to mix it with the dry mash. Granulated charcoal is a commercial article, usually sold in three grades, coarse, medium and fine. Shredded alfalfa, or mealed alfalfa, which is finely ground alfalfa hay, makes an excellent mash constituent, providing the quality is good. It is high in protein, ash and fat, resembling wheat bran in this respect. Moreover, it contains a great deal. (Courtesy Purdue Experiment Station) Fig. 142.—Complete equipment for chicks on range: colon
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 222 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING separate hopper, the same as grit and oyster shells, or to mix it with the dry mash. Granulated charcoal is a commercial article, usually sold in three grades, coarse, medium and fine. Shredded alfalfa, or mealed alfalfa, which is finely ground alfalfa hay, makes an excellent mash constituent, providing the quality is good. It is high in protein, ash and fat, resembling wheat bran in this respect. Moreover, it contains a great deal. (Courtesy Purdue Experiment Station) Fig. 142.—Complete equipment for chicks on range: colony house, feed hopper and water-barrel. of fiber, like bran, which is the worst feature about it as a poultry food. If manufacturers would only use the leaves of the alfalfa in the preparation of mealed alfalfa for poultry, instead of including the stalks, which have very little feeding value for fowls, this product would find much greater favor. Another objection is found in the susceptibility to adulteration. Timothy and other grasses are sometimes used as fillers. It is not advisable to use more than fifteen per cent of alfalfa in the mash, and then only as a substitute for bran or ground. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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