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then needs less heat. This procedure leaves the desirable places 

 in the closet for the grain just beginning to sprout where high 

 temperature is needed. 



The oats are fed when they are from 4 to 6 inches in height. 

 They are fed at the rate of a piece of the matted oats and 

 attached green stalks about 6 to 8 inches square for each 100 

 birds per day. 



THE COMPOSITION OF SPROUTED OATS. 



The analyses of the sprouted oats were made at different 

 stages of growth and in such a way that it was possible to com- 

 pare the nutritive value of the sprouted with the unsprouted 

 oats. Two experiments were carried out. In experiment 1 

 the oats were sprouted in the closet described above. In experi- 

 ment 2 the oats were sprouted in glass dishes to avoid any pos- 

 sible loss from drainage. 



Experiment i. 



Four lots of 3000 grams of oats each were soaked over 

 night, and put in trays in the sprouting closet. At the end of 

 48 hours, tray No. 1 was taken out, the oats weighed, thoroughly 

 mixed and a sample taken and dried for analyses. The sprouts 

 at this time were from ^ to 1 inch long. After 2 days more 

 tray No. 2 was taken out and treated the same as No. 1 ; the 

 sprouts were from 2 to 3 inches long and roots had begun to 

 form. At the end of 2 more days tray No. 3 was removed, 

 weighed, and sampled the same as No. 1 and No. 2. At this 

 time the tops were 2 to 3 inches high and the whole mass of 

 oats was matted together with roots. The fourth tray was 

 allowed to stand 2 days longer when the whole tray was covered 

 with a dense growth of tops, many blades being 6 inches high. 

 These plants had made more growth than is usually allowed. 

 A section from this tray was weighed separately and the tops 

 cut close to the roots and analyzed alone. The results of the 

 analyses of all the trays are given in the following tables. 



