Corn Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles in Poultry Rations : I. Chick Rations

Abstract

THERE are few published data concerned directly with the nutritive value of distillers’ by-products as a supplement to a chick ration.Insko, Buckner, Martin, and Harms (1937) worked with a distillery slop which originally contained 92 percent moisture. It was made from a mash which contained approximately three times as much corn as other grain. The results of three feeding trials indicated that this distillery slop, fed ad libitum, could be used to advantage to replace a portion or all of the ground yellow corn in the mash fed growing chicks.Allman and Branion (1938), published the first experimental work on the value of distillers’ dried grains in chick rations. They showed that the addition of corn distillers’ dried grains to chick rations improved growth, feather development, and feed consumption.D’Ercole, Esselen, and Fellers (1939) indicated that the distillers’ grains and slop used in their investigation were a good source .