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at corn, and others that wouldn't look at oats, barley or wheat. 

 They thought they were weed seeds, I guess, until they 

 learned to eat them, so that I would rather make my scratch 

 feed of a variety of grains and feed regTilarly. 



Mr. J. H. Wheelee. How about the use of buckwheat, 

 where it is cheap enough ? 



Professor Geaham. It costs too much money for what 

 there is in it. 



Mr. Wheeler. If you raise it yourself, and haven't a 

 market for it, what then ? 



Professor Graham. I would rather raise the corn. Of 

 course, I would feed it if I raised it, but I wouldn't go to 

 work and raise either buckwheat or wheat. 



Mr. Wheeler. In the part of Massachusetts where I 

 come from we can't raise that kind of corn but once in ten 

 years. 



Professor Graham. Then I would raise the buckwheat. 



Question. I would like to ask the professor whether he 

 considers there is anything in the color of the corn that affects 

 the color of the feather. In breeding white fowl, does white 

 corn or yellow corn affect the color of the feather ? 



Professor Graham. Well, I do not believe it will. I want 

 to try that out to my own satisfaction some time in feeding, 

 but I do not believe it will do it. I will tell what it does, 

 though. It colors the flesh underneath, gives it a very orange 

 color, which might reflect somewhat upon the feathers, but 

 I do not believe yellow corn would influence the pig-ment in 

 the feathers themselves. 



QuESTioisr. Well, there is a considerable amount of fat in 

 the quill of the feather. 



Professor Graham. Yes, down beneath in the quill and 

 about the quill of the feather. 



Mr. Parsons. Is milk, or buttermilk, better for the mash 

 than water ? 



Professor Graham. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Laporte. Which food contains the largest amount of 

 ash? 



Professor Graham. You mean of our grains? Oats and 

 barley. There is very little difference in com, wheat and 



