AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
FOOD VALUES 
The nutritive ratio of a food or ration ex- 
presses the proportion of digestible protein com- 
pounds to the digestible carbohydrates and fats. 
The average composition of all common feeding 
stuffs has been obtained by careful and extended 
chemical analyses. Nutritive ratios vary in differ- 
ent sections of the country and with different vari- 
eties and brands of the same food stuff, but those 
given below are as accurate as any that could be 
given for general use: 
GRAIN FEEDS 
Wheat es) Couainneae 1:7 Buckwheat ..........1:7.4 
Wheat Middlings..... 1:5 Sunflower Seed ....... 1:6 
Wheat Bran......... Ii4 Millet Seed.......... 1:5 
Indian Corn ......... 1:10 | Kaffr Corn.......... 1:9 
Gluten Meal ........ 1:1.5 | Peas and Beans....... 0:3 
Oats: ws ccteuies Baim ery 1:6 Hemp Seed.......... 1:5 
Oat Meal........... 1:5.7 | Linseed Meal........ 131.5 
Barley: 5 osews canons 1:8 Malt Sprouts ........1:2.5 
Rye wucsaceweadaeds Be7eg |) Races saced cudsscsnsicenus 1:11 
VEGETABLES, ETC. 
Green Grass......... 1:7 Turmips: wcsces ensue 1:8 
Green Clover or Alfalfa. 1:5 Potatoes! y.4ix-00 5 aeaaaee I312 
Dried Clover or Alfalfa. 1:3 Red Beets. *+++++ 1... 1:5 
Mangel Wurzels...... 1:5 Lettuce and Cabbages. .1:2 
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