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for domestic animals as well as for men. Here and there in this country is 
found a feeder who uses rye with good results. Its rank, as determined by 
chemical analysis, is between barley and corn. It is less fibrous than barley— 
a little more fattening. Rye is so cheap when obtainable that it is surely 
worth while for those who could use it if satisfactory to give it a thorough 
test. 
Rye Bran—is nearly identical in composition with wheat bran. A 
mixture of equal parts of rye, corn and oats, has the same feeding value as 
buckwheat. 
120. Buckwheat — is very generally fed as a part of the whole grain 
ration, wherever it can be bought at a price that admits of its use as poultry 
food. In sections where little of it is grown it is rarely on sale except at seed 
stores, and at a rather high price. It is more fattening than wheat or barley, 
nearly as fibrous as oats; not a good grain to feed heavily. 
BuckwHeEaT Mipp.iines are, of all mill stuffs from grains,* the richest in 
albuminous matter, therefore most valuable for balancing rations deficient in 
protein. 
121. Sorghum Seed — available in sorghum growing districts, contains 
a little more heating, fattening matter than corn. Those who have used it say 
it is a good poultry food — good for egg production for hens on the farm. 
122. Chicken Corn — (sorghum vulgare) —has about the same nutritive 
value as wheat, as much husk and fiber as whole oats. 
Karrir Corn, MiLtLto Maize, Durra, EGypTiAN Corn — resemble chicken 
corn in food properties. The names of these grains are, in popular usage, 
rather indiscriminately applied. All make good poultry foods. They are 
particularly valuable for ‘poultry keepers in dry regions who grow their own 
grains. 
123. Broom Corn Seed,— hulled, makes a good food. (Tested in com- 
parison with wheat, it gave equally good results). When not hulled fowls do 
not eat it freely enough to make it useful as a staple of diet. 
124. Millet Seed —has relatively more flesh forming substance than any 
of the larger grains — more, even, than oat meal. It is often recommended 
for young chicks, but has too much fiber, and is too apt to cause bowel troubles, 
to be used as freely as is generally suggested. The best way to feed it to 
chicks is to scatter it where well fed chicks can get it, if they hunt or scratch 
for it, in addition to their regular meals. To old fowls it is generally given 
as a light meal, in litter, to compel exercise. The grains are so small that 
fowls cannot eat dry millet fast enough to make a good meal of it. When it is 
* Notr.— Buckwheat is not a grain, though always classed among grain foods. 
