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richer in protein than any of our common cereals. They 

 contain twice the quantity of protein that corn contains, 

 and on that account are worth more pound for pound than 

 corn or wheat. 



Rye. Rye grain is not a satisfactory poultry food. 

 Fowls do not relish it though they eat it in small quantities. 

 It lacks palatability. When planted in the yards in the 

 fall it furnishes an early green food in the spring. Before 

 the grain is fully ripe in the straw the fowls eat it more 

 readily, and they may be allowed to thresh the grain out 

 of the straw in the yards. 



Rice. Broken rice is used to a considerable extent in 

 certain sections as food for small chickens. Rice polish is 

 rich in the mineral element phosphorus. 



Linseed Meal. The meal of flaxseed from which the oil 

 has been largely extracted in the process of manufacture 

 of linseed oil is largely used as a poultry food. Old process 

 meal contains more oil than the new process meal, and on 

 that account is more valuable. Linseed meal has also a 

 high percentage of the mineral compounds phosphorus, 

 iron, sulphur and magnesium. It is a rich food and can 

 only be used in limited quantities. If it can be purchased 

 at a reasonable price, or on the basis of its protein content, 

 it may well be used profitably as a part of a laying ration. 



Buckwheat. This is a good poultry food, but its use is 

 limited on account of an uncertain supply and its high 

 price in most sections. 



Sunflower Seed. The sunflower plant may be profitably 

 used for a double purpose. It is largely used for furnish- 

 ing shade. The seeds contain a high percentage of oil. 

 They ripen about moulting time when foods of a consider- 

 able oil content are desirable. The seed may be fed in 

 limited amount throughout the year, but during the moult- 

 ing season in the growth of new feathers there is an extra 



