AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
perhaps the majority of poultrymen make it their 
main feed. Many people feed it almost exclusively 
to their fowls, and the results cannot be called un- 
satisfactory. Screenings have not the 
feeding value of wheat, and should 
not be used unless the fowls seem to relish 
them and they can be secured at a very low cost. 
Bran and middlings are ground wheat separated 
into parts, the former being the exterior and the 
latter the interior of the grain. Bran can often 
be used to advantage during warm weather, whena 
light, bulky food is required, as it is neither heating 
nor fattening. Middlings are very fattening, are 
greatly relished by fowls, and are especially good 
for growing youngsters and for fattening old 
fowls. Either product may be fed dry in self- 
feeding hoppers, as well as damp and mixed with 
mash. 
Corn is the best-liked poultry food. Although 
this is true, it should generally be fed only in lim- 
ited quantities, except perhaps to the 
Mediterranean breeds, for it is heat- 
ing and fattening; on this account it is a good food 
or fattening young stock and is a good winter feed 
for all kinds of poultry, as it helps to maintain the 
bodily warmth. Old fowls do not become fat so 
readily on cracked corn as they do on whole corn, 
for the reason that they have to work harder to get 
the former; hence, cracked corn may be used with 
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Wheat 
Corn 
