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the composition of pigeon loodstiitts wc find a greater pei-centage 

 of this constituent in flu- .mains than any of tlic others. 



I'^its lil<ewise f\niiisli lieat and energy for the f)ody and are 

 very important. Too mucli fat, lio\\e\er, is dangerous as it will 

 cause internal trouble. 



Fiber is usually composed of, the shell or husks of the grain 

 and is invariably very indigestible. We find that the grains 

 whicli \\e feed (o pigeons ha\e, as a rule, a very low peicentage 

 of fiber and w (\ tlierefore, take but very little consideration of 

 it in making uj) oiu- feed formulae. 



Thus \\e see that (•ver\' constituent lias its part to play in the 

 composition of feeds and it is b\ the i)roper proportioning of 

 them that we get a balanced ration or a ration which is com- 

 posed of such feeds in such proportions to furnish the neces- 

 sary and correcl amount of nutrients. 



COMPOSITION or PIGEON PEEDSTUFPS 



(As coinpilefl by the Uiiih/il Stales Department of Agrrieult ure. ) 



Carbohydrates 



Feedstuffs ^Vater Asli I'rotehi Fiber Nitrogen- Fat 



free extracts 



C-'orn 10.11 1.5 10.5 2.1 69.fi 5.4 



AVheat 10.5 l.S 11.9 1.8 71.9 2.1 



Kaflr Corn 12. S 2.1 9.1 2.6 69. S 3.6 



Oats 11.0 3.0 11.8 9.5 59.7 5.0 



Canada Peas 15.0 2.4 23.7 7.9 50.2 .8 



Peas 13.4 2.4 22.4 6.4 52.6 3.0 



Cowpeas 11.9 3.4 23.5 3.S 55.7 1.7 



Peanuts 7.5 2.4 27.9 7." 15.fi 39.6 



Buckwheat 12. H 2.0 10.0 :;.7 64..-, 2.2 



Egyptian Corn... 12.6 1.9 9.9 l.:i 69.7 3.9 



MlUct 12.1 2..S 10.9 N.l 62.6 3.5 



I-i:cmpseed 8.0 2.0 10.0 14.0 45.0 21.0 



Sunflower Seed... 8.6 2,6 15.3 29.9 21.4 21.2 



Maize 12.0 1.4 H.O 3.0 69.7 2.3 



Feterita 11.5 1.3 13. n 2.0 67.4 2., 



Soy Beans 7.7 5.7 35.4 4.6 21.6 20.3 



Having the above lielore us we . ;'-.i ti,":Mre out nunierons 



feed formulae, any one of which v.ill prove a .good one and 

 which \\ill aid us in providing a varietj^ of feeds. 



