FEEDING 31 



Golden millet is relished very much. This grain is low in 

 protein but it seems to be excellent for a change in c'ief and 

 should be fed once or twice a week in small amounts. 



Kafir corn is a splendid feed and can be used freely. It is 

 invariably lower in i)rice than most other grains. 



Hemp seed is very fattening. It is probably liked more by 

 pigeons than any otiier grain. On account of its usr.al high 

 cost it can onh' be fed \fvy sparingly, but the breeder will find 

 this irrain of inucli Naliie. It is a fine conditioner and in getting 

 birds ready for the show room we feed it rather liberally as it 

 puis liieiu in the pink of <'ondition in a short time. Besides 

 what hemp there might be in the mixeil feed we advise feeding 

 it se|)arately, in small amounts, once a week. The same thing 

 miglit be said of sunflower seed. 



Peanuts, of late years, have become cfuite widely used for 

 pigeon feed due to the fact that they contain a very large 

 jiercentage of jirotein, it l.ieing 27.9% or more than tliat con- 

 tained in any other grain or food which we give to pigeons 

 with ttie exception of the soy bean and this is not fed very 

 often. They have come into such general use because of their 

 lower cost than peas for which grain tliey form a sidistitute. it 

 is best to fe(Mt the small S])anish i>eanuts or the cracked ones. 



Befoi'c going fnrlher into the fletails of feeding, a word of 

 advice to llie novice may be of some help. There are on the 

 market s(M(U'al well known brands of pigeon feed and we would 

 surely athise (h(> begimuM- to use one or more of them until he 

 or she thorouglil\ learns fcM'ds and imderstands food values. 

 Later be can work out his own balanced ration formulae and 

 mix the feed at his own plant. \\'e give here a list of high 

 grade ready mixed feeds: 



BRAND MANUFACTURER ADDRESS 



C^orncU Blambcrg Brothers Baltimore. Md, 



Ctriole Win. O. Scarlett & Co Baltimore. Md. 



Shawnee "Wood. Stuhbs & Co Louisville, Ky. 



Red "Wing Wood. Stuhbs & Co Louisville, Ky. 



Challenge "Wood. Stubbs & Co Louisville, Ky. 



Purina Pigeon Chow Ralston Purina Co St. Louis, Mo. 



HoUybrook T. W. Wood & Son Richmond, Va. 



Famabella Caughey-Jossman Co Detroit, Mich. 



