DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



each of bran and middlings. A mash containing a con- 

 siderable percentage of com meal is very palatable to 

 fowls and if properly balanced with meat scrap is not too 

 fattening. Corn or corn meal alone are too fattening un- 

 less balanced with a high protein feed. 



WHEAT AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS 



Wheat is ranked next in importance to corn as a poul- 

 try feed and is especially well liked by most poultrymen, 

 but on account of its extensive use for human consump- 

 tion and its present relatively high price it is not being 

 used so much as a poultry feed as it has been in the past. 

 From lo to over 40 per cent of the wheat crop is usually 

 exported from this country while only i to 2 per cent of 

 the com crop is exported. Considerable of the wheat 

 produced, especially that handled under unfavorable 

 weather conditions, is of a low grade and not well adapted 

 for making flour, which wheat is available and largely 

 used in feeding poultry. A total of 940,987,000 bushels 

 of wheat were produced in the United States in 1919 

 which were valued at $2,024,008,000. The average yield 

 per acre for the United States was 12.8 bushels in 1919 

 and 15.6 bushels in 1918. Wheat is raised in nearly every 

 State in the Union, being largely produced in the northern 

 section of the Central West. It is also raised on a large 

 scale in the Pacific Coast States where very little com 

 is produced. 



Wheat contains more crude protein, less fat, and 

 slightly more carbohydrates than com. It is low in min- 



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