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meal. AVlieat 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 th« 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 paying $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 i^er hundred 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 middlings 

 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 $1.04, 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 $1.05 per hundred, and its actual feeding value, 

 compared with corn at $1.75, is $1.82. Notwithstanding 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 bv hens. Taking these two things into considera- 

 tion, 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 tht; 

 ration, and keep the food from packing in the crop. 



