Preliminary Studies with Poultry Rations for the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. I.Grower Rations with Copra, Sago and Leucaena leucocephala.

Abstract

This study is part of a continuing project to develop poultry rations for the Territory of Papua and New Guinea utilizing the maximum amount of feedstuffs indigenous to the Territory. In this connection a number of feedstuffs of potential value were collected in the Territory and tested with young chickens. Springhall (1964), has demonstrated that a number of those materials had a high nutritional value and appeared suitable for use in poultry ratio