PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



produced in your section, provided they are grains which 

 poultry relish. Corn and wheat are the two best grains 

 and are about equal in value as poultry feeds, although 

 wheat can be fed alone better than corn as the latter grain 

 is inclined to be fattening. Wheat is not being fed as 

 extensively as corn on account of its relatively high price, 

 but most poultrymen like some of it in their ration, es- 

 pecially for the chick feeds. 



Only the poorer grades of wheat, not fit for making 

 flour, are usually available for feeding poultry. Wheat is 

 generally available and is used in all sections of the United 

 States. Oats and barley on account of their hulls and 

 higher fiber content are not as good as corn and wheat 

 and are not nearly as well relished by poultry. Many 

 oats are very light in weight and the heavier grades make 

 by far the best poultry feeds. It pays to use clipped oats 

 for fowls if only light-weight oats are available. Oats 

 are raised and. are available all over the country. Whole 

 oats are not adapted to feed young chickens but make ex- 

 cellent feed when prepared as rolled oats, pinhead oat 

 meal, or hulled oats. 



COMMERCIAL MIXED FEEDS 



A large number of commercial mixtures, both of 

 scratch grains and of ground grains or mashes are pre- 

 pared for poultry feeds and sold extensively all over the 

 United States. The large feed companies by handling 

 an enormous amount of grains and by using machinery to 

 save labor in mixing and handling are able to prepare 



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