36 FOOD. 



than any other one kind of food, but being 

 deficient in gluten, is not warmth-giving, and is 

 better when combined with the whole grain, 

 which, when bruised, or hashed, (as it is some- 

 times provincially called), forms the most whole- 

 some and nutritious food. 



Barley is more used than any other grain. It 

 is cheaper, but unless in the form of meal, should 

 not be the only grain in the poultry-yard. Fowls 

 do not fatten upon it. 



Oats, also, are inferior in nutriment, unless in 

 the form of meal. 



Indian corn is a good and economical food, too 

 fattening, however, to be given without judgment. 

 It can be bought at most sea-ports at a reason- 

 able price, and fowls are very fond of it. I find 

 light wheat, or tailings, the best grain for daily 

 use, and next to that, barley. 



The subjoined table may interest my readers. 

 I take it from a very useful publication, " The 

 Poultry Diary, by an Essex Amateur :" — 



