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 Broad Ration Food             Available Protein  Fat 2 parts wheat bran          .244    .906 1 part wheat middlings      .128    .607 1 part cornmeal             .079    .764 1/10 part meat meal         .066    .033 -  -                             .517   2.310                          Ratio 1:  4.4

Narrow Ration Food            Available Protein  Fat 2 parts wheat bran          .244    .906 1 part wheat mids           .128    .607 1/10 part linseed meal      .029    .048 1.10 part meat meal         .066    .033 -  -                             .467   1.594                          Ratio 1:  3.4

Young chicks should be fed a dry or wet feed forty-eight hours after they are hatched. Nature has already provided them with yolk of egg, which must be digested before they are given more food. Their first feed must be fine grit or a drink of sour milk. In two hours after the first feeding they may be given dry oat flakes with an egg which has been boiled for an hour, or a Johnny cake made of ten parts of cornmeal, two parts of wheat middlings, two parts of wheat bran, mixed with skimmed milk and baked. Change this diet after a week to a dry ration—for example, two parts of cracked wheat, two parts of oat flakes, four parts of cracked corn, one part of rice, and one part of millet. Plenty of green food and sour milk should be fed to them. Feed them often, but in small proportions. Let them take plenty of exercise. It is important to keep the hen up and allow the chicks to run out until they are weaned.