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Neveb stint poultry in the variety or quality 

 of their food; good food is a positive economy. 

 The best and heaviest corn is the cheapest, if we 

 except the smaU or tail-wheat, which, fortunately, 

 is richer in flesh-forming properties than the 

 full-grown and more marketable grain. 



I do not propose to write a lecture on 

 chemistry ; for this read Liebig ; but we ought 

 to make ourselves intimately acquainted with 

 the different substances required for the for- 

 mation and reparation of the system. The best 

 food is that which gives the most of what Nature 

 demands for the formation of muscle, bone, and 

 fat. 



Pine bran, or middlings, (also termed sharps), 

 IS richer in two of these important ingredients 



