Relative Value of Food. 



CHAPTER jy. 



FOOD. 



The following table, which first appeared i the '^ Ponltry 

 Diary," will show at a glance the relative constituents and 

 qualities of the different kinds of food, and may be consulted 

 with great advantage by the poultry-keeper, as it will 

 enable him to proportion mixed food correctly, and to 

 change it according to the production of growth, flesh, 

 or fat that may be desired, and according to the tempera- 

 ture of the season. These proportions, of course, are not 

 absolutely invariable, for the relative proportions of the 

 constituents of the grain will vary with the soil, manure 

 used, and the growing and ripening characteristics of the 

 season. 



