POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



jectionable as possible sources of weed infection through 

 the manure. Finely ground wheat screenings are in a 

 form which prevents their serving as a source of weed 

 infection and this product is used largely in the manufac- 

 ture of proprietary feed stuffs and not sold much for 

 poultry and live stock as a separate feed. 



Bread is a splendid poultry feed and is used to quite an 

 extent, especially in feeding small and growing chickens. 

 Stale bread from bakeries can sometimes be secured at a 

 price which makes it an economical feed for mature stock, 

 but it is not considered to be of as great value in their 

 ration as it is in the feed for young chickens. 



OATS AND THEIR BY-PRODUCTS 



Oats are grown all over the United States and are 

 used extensively as a poultry feed. A total of 1,248,- 

 310,000 bushels of oats were produced in the United 

 States in 19 19, valued at $1,248,310,000 and 1,538,- 

 124,000 bushels in 1918. The production in number of 

 bushels of oats is far greater than of bushels of wheat, 

 although the value is less. The average yield per acre in 

 the United States in 191 9 was 29.4 bushels, and in 19 18, 

 34.6 bushels. The weight and quality of oats is mate- 

 rially afifected by the soil and climate. Those grown in 

 the South sometimes weigh as low as 20 pounds to the 

 bushel, while in the Northwest, oats weighing 50 pounds 

 to the bushel are produced. The hull of oats makes up 

 from 20 to 45 per cent of their weight and averages about 

 30 per cent. Oats which have the hulls clipped at the 



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