Pelleted Feed Screenings as Scratch Feed in a Poultry Ration

EXPERIMENTAL work on the use of feed screenings has been somewhat limited. It is generally conceded, however, that good quality, heavyweight feed screenings, high in broken and shrunken wheat, wild buckwheat and oats, may be used to great advantage in some poultry mashes. When so used it is included in very restricted amounts, because of variation in quality and uncertainty as to the amount of dust, chaff, and weed seed present. The use of feed screenings in a scratch mixture has not previously been considered feasible, owing to the fact that the small weed seeds and broken kernels of grain may be lost in the litter and so wasted. In order to overcome this difficulty, a local milling company produced a pelleted mixture consisting of 80% ground No. 1 Recleaned Feed Screenings,* 15% Oat Groats and 5% Cereal Grass. This mixture is hereafter referred to as “Pelleted Screenings.” To determine . . .