FEEDING OF FOWLS 85 



In the evening the geese should be fed all they will 

 eat of a ration composed, by measure, as follows: 

 Food Parts 



Cracked corn boiled until soft 1 



Corn meal 1 



Wheat middlings 1 



FEEDING OF WILD WATER FOWLS 



Where wild water fowls have the freedom of a large 

 enough pasture, they will graze the greater part of their 

 living, but it is always advisable to keep near at hand 

 covered hoppers where the fowls may help themselves at 

 will. For mature ducks and geese, the hopper should be 

 kept filled with a dry mixture composed, by measure, as 

 follows: 



Food Parts 



Ground oats 1 



Cracked corn 1 



Wheat bran .... 1 



FEEDING OF PIGEONS 



The grains most suitable for feeding to pigeons are 

 wheat, corn, buckwheat, barley, peas, vetch seed, hulled 

 oats, millet, rice, hemp seed, and canary seed. No large 

 quantity of buckwheat, barley, hulled oats, or Kafir corn, 

 should be fed to pigeons, because these grains contain 

 a large percentage of crude fiber. 



Pigeons that are not feeding their young may con- 

 sume as little as 2 oz. of grain each, per day, but those 

 feeding their young will require perhaps as much as 4 oz. 

 per day. 



A suitable ration for pigeons is composed, by measure, 

 as follows: 



Food Parts 



Corn 2 



Wheat 1 



Peas 1 



