Posted by RayP(MI) on December 16, 2015 at 11:10:54 from (207.241.143.27):
In Reply to: Pig Feed posted by Bill Becker on December 16, 2015 at 08:58:03:
Our home mix, back in the day consisted of shelled corn, oats, and mineral suppliments available at the local mill where we had it ground. Sorry I can't remember the formula, but that was close to 60 years ago. We also ground for cows and chickens (different formulas). Rations were probably figured out in the AG classes my dad took as a WWII vet. Can still remember loading corn and oats into burlap sacks into a trailer and hauling them to the elevator. Then bringing the feed home in the same sacks. I was too small to heft them around, but could hold them open while dad shoveled the corn and oats. Could drag the bags on the worn, polished floor at thr mill, but needed help loading them on the trailer. On a hot summer day, if my dad had a couple nickels, we might stop at the general store for a soda pop. Not often,snd a real treat!
Thinking the chicken feed also made with shelled corn as well. Cow feed was whole ear corn.
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