AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



perhaps the majority of poultrymen make it their 

 main feed. Many people feed it almost exclusively 

 to their fowls, and the results cannot be called un- 

 satisfactory. Screenings have not the 

 feeding value of wheat, and should 

 not be used unless the fowls seem to relish 

 them and they can be secured at a very low cost. 

 Bran and middlings are ground wheat separated 

 into parts, the former being the exterior and the 

 latter the interior of the grain. Bran can often 

 be used to advantage during warm weather, when a 

 light, bulky food is required, as it is neither heating 

 nor fattening. Middlings are very fattening, are 

 greatly relished by fowls, and are especially good 

 for growing youngsters and for fattening old 

 fowls. Either product may be fed dry in self- 

 feeding hoppers, as well as damp and mixed with 

 mash. 



Corn is the best-liked poultry food. Although 

 this is true, it should generally be fed only in lim- 

 ited quantities, except perhaps to the 

 Mediterranean breeds, for it is heat- 

 ing and fattening ; on this account it is a good food 

 or fattening young stock and is a good winter feed 

 for all kinds of poultry, as it helps to maintain the 

 bodily warmth. Old fowls do not become fat so 

 readily on cracked corn as they do on whole corn, 

 for the reason that they have to work harder to get 

 the former; hence, cracked corn may be used with 



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