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Granulated Milk.—A milk product available for poultry feed- 
ing is known as granulated or powdered milk. It is whole milk 
evaporated and crystallized. Its cost is very high, and in most 
cases prohibitive. The only case where it can profitably be 
used is in the feeding of chicks for the first few weeks of their 
growth. 
Milk Albumen.—Another milk by-product upon the market in 
large quantities, and so well distributed that all poultrymen can 
use it if they desire, is milk albumen. This is formed from skim 
milk during the manufacture of milk sugar. It comes in various 
sizes and grades, suitable both for use in dry mashes and in scratch- 
ing rations. It varies considerably in composition according to 
method of manufacture. 
Eggs, although a product of the digestion and assimilation of 
feed material, contain in themselves a high feeding value. Eggs 
contain a high protein and mineral content, but in general it is 
obviously too expensive to feed fresh eggs in an effort to produce 
eggs. On all poultry farms there will be a considerable supply of 
eggs in the spring of the year which are tested out as infertile on 
the seventh day of incubation. These should constitute, if prop- 
erly cared for, a valuable addition to the feed for the young and 
growing chicks. In some cases it may be possible to dispose of 
these infertile eggs at bake shops, if they are carefully candled. 
It is best to feed these infertile eggs hard boiled, and to begin 
giving them to the young chicks after they reach the age of two 
weeks. In feeding these eggs they can be crushed, shells and all, 
and scattered about the pen or brooder. They should be fed in 
small quantities. They should not be fed to old hens, as their 
use may start the habit of egg eating. 
Legumes and grasses are usually fed to poultry in two different 
forms: First, in the cured state in the form of hay; and second, 
in the form of green succulence. In the dry condition they are 
usually cut fine and mixed in the dry mash to increase bulkiness. 
Alfalfa, clover, and certain mixed grasses are generally used for 
this purpose. There are on the market short-cut clover and alfalfa 
hay and also clover and alfalfa meal. Where alfalfa or clover can- 
not be raised on the farm, it is profitable to include one of these 
in the short-cut form in the dry mash for the laying birds during 
the winter. 
Alfalfa hay, both in the short-cut and meal forms, offers ex- 
ceedingly good opportunity for the use of adulterants; for this 
reason the short-cut form is most desired, as the percentage of 
