DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



slightly beneficial laxative effect not secured from Kafir 

 com. Brown Durra (brown Egyptian corn) and Kafir 

 seem to have a slightly constipating effect making it de- 

 sirable to feed these with oil meal or green feed for live- 

 stock. White Durra (white Egyptian corn) and the milos 

 do not have this constipating effect, making them slightly 

 more desirable as a poultry feed. White Egyptian corn 

 has been raised quite extensively in California in recent 

 years and is used extensively as a poultry feed. It is com- 

 monly referred to locally as "gyp" corn. This grain and 

 barley are the two common poultry grains in California 

 and are used much more extensively than wheat, oats or 

 common corn (maize). Egyptian corn sells about 1/3 

 higher than eastern corn and somewhat higher than Kafir 

 corn, which is due apparently to its demand as a poultry 

 feed since the analysis of Egyptian corn would not in- 

 dicate that it had a feeding value materially greater than 

 ordinary com or Kafir corn. 



Broom corn resembles wheat in its feeding analysis and 

 appears to have a feeding value about equal to the grain 

 sorghums. It is very little used as a poultry feed and some 

 difficulty is experienced in getting the fowls to eat this 

 feed unless the hull is removed. 



The millets are grown largely as catch crops in good 

 grain sections but are raised more extensively in the 

 northern part of the semi-arid country where the season 

 is too short for the grain sorghums. Ground millet seed 

 has been found useful in hog feeding, for which purpose 

 it has a feeding value about one-fifth less than wheat. A 



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