POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



sively in California in the highly .specialized poultry 

 sections. 



SPROUTED GRAINS 



Sprouted grains, especially sprouted oats, are used ex- 

 tensively as a green feed for poultry on poultry farms 

 and also by the suburban poultry keepers. Oats are the 

 best grain to use for sprouting. They are greatly relished 

 by fowls, and are quite beneficial to the fowls' digestive 

 system. The disadvantage of sprouting oats is the con- 

 siderable amount of labor attached to this work. Green 

 feed can usually be supplied in a cheaper form by the 

 use of mangel wurzel beets, cabbages, alfalfa, etc. 



Where possibilities for raising other forms of green 

 feed are poor, sprouted oats offer one of the best sources 

 of succulent or green feed. Sprouting the oats does not 

 increase their food content any, but makes them more 

 palatable for poultry. Experiments conducted with ani- 

 mals show that a given weight of barley is of greater food 

 value than the malt and malt sprouts produced from a 

 similar amount of barley used in the manufacture of malt. 

 The amount of diastase which converts the starches of 

 grains into sugar is increased greatly in the sprouting 

 of grains. The value of sprouted grains lies in their 

 palatability and their beneficial effect on the digestive sys- 

 tem of the fowls. 



YEAST 



Yeast has been used somewhat for poultry but not 

 sufficiently to determine accurately its value. The object 



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