No. 4.] FEEDS AND FEEDING. 21 



thau for corn meal. Wheat bran, we find, is worth a little 

 more than half as much as corn meal in producing heat and 

 energy, yet we pay a great deal more for it at most seasons of 

 the year. Hominy meal, which can be bought on the market 

 most of the time, is, as a heat and energy producer, worth 

 more than corn meal for feeding. The third column shows 

 the actual value of these various feeds as compared with 

 corn, and the last column shows the price paid for them this 

 fall, about the middle of October. At that time we were pay- 

 ing $1.75 per hundred for corn meal and $1.85 per hundred 

 for ground oats, yet the value of corn meal was 30 cents a 

 hundred more than that of oats. We also paid $2 per hun- 

 dred for wheat, but its actual feeding value compared with 

 corn, as far as heat and energy are concerned, was 14 cents a 

 hundred less. In the case of wheat iniddlings we find the 

 value greater than the price paid by about 6 cents. Standard 

 middlings and bran, according to these data, are worth very 

 much less than we pay for them. Linseed meal was worth 

 $1.75 per hundred at that time, and its heat and energy value 

 was $1.64, but this particular feed contains a great deal of 

 protein, the excess value of which, added to the $1.64, would 

 make this a very economical feed. 



The feed, giving the best returns for our money, as shown 

 by the table, is hominy meal, which could have been bought 

 at that time for $1.65 per hundred, and its actual feeding 

 value, compared with corn at $1.75, is $1.82. N^otwith- 

 standing the high price of corn at the present time, we should 

 use it liberally in our ration, both in the mash and in the 

 scratch feed. We also found in our digestion tables that corn 

 was digested very well indeed by hens. Taking these two 

 things into consideration, it is the very best grain we have for 

 poultry. We should feed sparingly of standard middlings 

 and wheat bran, although we use bran not so much for its 

 food value as to lighten up the ration, and keep the food 

 from packing in the crop. 



