184 Farm Poultry 



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Evaporated milk by-products, known as gran- 

 ulated milk, milk albumen and various other trade 

 names, have been fed to fowls, both young and 

 mature, with quite satisfactory results. These 

 products are rich in protein and may often be used 

 to good advantage in compounding rations. 



Grit. It is necessary that fowls be supplied 

 with some kind of grit, which is used in the giz- 

 zard for grinding the food. Fowls at all ages, from 

 the little chicken just hatched to the mature fowl, 

 require grit if hard food is given them. When 

 soft food alone is supplied, little or no grit will 

 be required. During the summer months, when 

 fowls have a large range, they are usually able 

 to find sufficient grit for themselves. Small pieces 

 of stone, cinders, etc., are eaten. Crushed lime- 

 stone and crushed granite also answer the purpose 

 admirably when it is necessary to supply grit arti- 

 ficially. Crushed granite, on account of its exces- 

 sive hardness, is more durable than pieces of softer 

 material. There are many poultry-supply houses 

 that keep crushed granite in various sizes, suitable 

 for all kinds of poultry. Crushed oyster shells will 

 also furnish material for grinding the food, although 

 they are not recommended solely for this purpose. 



"Long or sharp splinters of glass or dry bone 

 should be avoided. The size of particles of grit, 

 for hens, had better be larger than a kernel of wheat 

 and should be smaller than a kernel of corn. An 



