POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



bread for human consumption. When fed alone it is more 

 apt to cause digestive troubles than the cereals commonly 

 used for poultry in this country. A limited amount of rye 

 may be fed to poultry in connection with other cereals, but 

 it is not usually bought as a poultry scratch feed. Rye 

 bran and rye middlings are usually mixed together and 

 sold as rye feed. They have about the same feeding value 

 as the corresponding wheat feeds as far as their analysis 

 and actual food content are concerned but are not so 

 well liked for poultry as the wheat products. 



EMMER 



Emmer is a member of the wheat family which Is 

 drouth resisting and of particular value in semi-arid sec- 

 tions. It is a comparatively new grain and is raised only 

 to a limited extent in this country, being produced mostly 

 in the northern plain States. It will give an average yield 

 of about 22 bushels to the acre and resembles barley in ap- 

 pearance more than it does rye. It is a bulky feed with a 

 composition similar to oats and like oats can be fed to 

 fair advantage with the other cereals. A bushel of emmer 

 weighs 40 pounds. 



SORGHUMS AND MILLETS 



Sorghums and millets are raised very extensively in 

 India, China and Africa, where they serve as one of the 

 main sources of bread for the people of those countries. 

 Grain sorghums will grow and do well under semi-arid 

 conditions and will recover from drouths which entirely 

 check the plant's growth, when moisture is again avail- 



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