$0 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



The President. How do you like ground feed for a poul- 

 try food? 



Dr. Wood. You mean as a dry mash, or for wet mash ? 



The President. Either or both? 



Dr. Wood. It is very satisfactory. I have not found it 

 necessary to use the mash, as I say, and perhaps for that reason 

 I am not prepared to answer that question. I only keep a few 

 hens. I only keep about loo to 150, and seldom over 200. I 

 raise about 500 chickens. 



The President. Do you feed corn? 



Dr. Wood. Yes, sir. I do not feed ground grain. Life is 

 too short. 



Question. What is your idea of hulled corn? 

 . Dr. Wood. Hulled corn is all right, if you can get fowls 

 so they will like it. Some flocks do not like it. Other flocks 

 that had been accustomed to certain grain wouldn't touch it. 

 My birds do not do as well when we feed it to any considerable 

 extent. 



Question. How about feeding it in a proportion of twenty 

 per cent? 



Dr. Wood. That is not too much. 



Question. Do you use gluten or linseed meal? 



Dr. Wood. I do not use ground grains at all. 



Question. What about the H-O products ? 



Dr. Wood. I do not like to answer a question such as 

 that from the platform. The H-O products are proprietary 

 articles. They are by-products of an oatmeal factory, con- 

 sisting of what is left after they have taken the best part out 

 of the grain. That is as much as I desire to say on that sub- 

 ject. 



Question. How about screenings? What do you think 

 of their value for feeding poultry? 



Dr. Wood. Wheat screenings are very satisfactory if you 

 get a good quality. That is, of course, if you do not have to 

 pay too much for dirt. 



