42 POULTRY FOODS 



or other waste products is also useful as a part of the 

 meal ration for poultry. Gluten meal is a concen- 

 trated food, rich in protein, nearly all of which is di- 

 gestible. Not more than 10% of a ration should consist 

 of this meal. 



The germ of the corn is rarely sold separate from the 

 other by-products. Like gluten meal, it should be fed 

 sparingly to fowls. 



Gluten feed, which is much more commonly sold 

 than either gluten meal or the corn germs, is made by 

 grinding the germs, hulls, and gluten together. Gluten 

 feed, although not so rich in protein as either the 

 gluten meal or corn germs, should not be fed too 

 liberally to poultry. 



Hominy Chop. Hominy is made from the hard or 

 flinty part of the corn. The hulls, corn germs, and some 

 gluten left after the hominy is made, are ground into 

 coarse meal and sold as hominy chop, which, if of 

 good quality, is fully equal in value to corn meal as a 

 poultry food. Like the value of all grain by-products, 

 the value of hominy chop depends on its quality, and 

 it should not contain too much crude fiber. 



Corn Cobs. The coarse meal made from corn cobs 

 cannot be prepared in any way that fits it for food. 

 It has about the same chemical composition as straw, 

 and as food for poultry both corn cobs and straw are 

 valueless. 



MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS AND SEEDS 

 Kafir Corn. Both Kafir corn, or dari, and broom 

 corn belong to the sorghum family of plants. The 

 fact that Kafir corn is used largely as food by people 

 of Africa and in other countries is evidence of its 

 nutritive value, Kafir corn being, in this respect, about 

 equal to barley or buckwheat. Kafir-corn grains are 

 very hard; tests made by feeding old, very dry grains to 

 fowls show that many of them passed through the fowls 

 without being broken up. The same grains resisted 

 for a time an effort to soften them by boiling. When 



