POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



RICE 



The raising of rice in this country is rapidly increas- 

 ing, the bulk of the crop being produced in Louisiana, 

 Texas, Arkansas, and California. In 1919, 41,059,000 

 bushels of rice were produced in the United States, nearly 

 all of which was used for human consumption in the form 

 of polished rice. Polished rice is produced by removing 

 the rice hull and the outer skin of the rice kernel called 

 the rice bran. The kernel is then polished, producing 

 another by-product called rice polish, and leaving the 

 finished polished rice for human use. A sack of rough 

 rice containing 162 pounds will give about 100 pounds of 

 polished rice, 20 pounds of rice bran, 6 pounds of rice 

 polish and 32 pounds of hulls. 



Rice hulls are worthless as a feed and are apt to prove 

 dangerous and irritating to the walls of the intestines. 

 Rice bran where not adulterated with hulls, and which 

 does not contain over 12 per cent fiber is a nutritious feed 

 when used in limited quantities with other feeds. The 

 rice oil or fat in rice bran will become rancid if this feed 

 is stored for any considerable time, making it unpalatable 

 for stock or poultry. Rice polish has a feeding value for 

 stock about equal to com but this product is used up al- 

 most entirely in the various mechanical arts. Poor grades 

 of rice and broken rice are used more or less for feeding 

 poultry and pigeons and a small per cent is often fed in 

 commercial scratch feeds, especially in commercial chick 

 feeds. 



Rice is of especial value in adding variety to chick 



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