The carbonaceous foods are those that contain a large pro- 

 portion of the fat or starch element and supply heat, energy 

 and vitality. It follows that more of this food is needed in 

 the winter than in the summer, especially in the colder cli- 

 mates. Nature itself has made provision for this to some 

 extent as the yellow com of the north is much more carbon- 

 aceous than the white com of the south. I mention com be- 

 cause it contains a large percentage of carbon or starch. A 

 good substitute for com would be buckwheat and fat meat 

 and this change or variety would be much relished by your 

 birds. The nitrogeneous foods commonly referred to as 

 those containing protein, are the foods that go to provide 

 nourishment for the growth of the fowl's body, making 

 blood, bone, flesh, muscle, sinew, and feathers. If you feed 

 nothing but com, your stock will become fat and lazy and 

 very few eggs will be procured but with properly balanced 

 ration, feeding the right proportion of carbon and protein 

 and a variety of different foods, the stock will be maintained 

 in a good healthy condition and the result will be a good full 

 egg basket. The accompanying table gives an analysis of the 

 various foods commonly used for poultry : 



Gross Contents Composition of dry matter in 

 Percentages % of the whole 



Dry Carbo 



Foods Water Matter Fiber Ash Protein hydrate Pat 



Field Corn 10.9 89.1 1.9 1.5 10.4 70.3 5.0 



Cracked Corn 12.3 87.7 .... 1.3 8.6 73.9 3.9 



Corn Meal 15.0 85.0 1.9 1.4 9.2 68.7 3.8 



Gluten Meal 9.6 90.4 1.6 0.7 29.4 52.4 6.3 



Wheat 10.5 89.5 1.8 1.8 11.9 71.9 2.1 



Wheat Screenings 11.6 88.4 4.9 2.9 12.5 65.1 3.0 



Wheat Bran 11.9 88.9 0.9 5.8 15.4 53.9 4.0 



Wheat Middlings 12.1 87.9 4.6 3.3 15.6 60.4 4.0 



Dry Bread 31.2 68.8 6.9 44.2 0.5 



Oats 11.0 89.0 9.5 3.0 11.8 59.7 5.0 



Oat Meal 7.9 92.1 0.9 2.0 14.7 67.4 7.1 



Oat Bran 7.7 92.3 19.3 3.7 7.1 57.9 2.3 



Oat Middlings 9.2 90.8 3.8 3.2 20.0 56.2 7.6 



Barley 10.9 89.1 2.7 2.4 12.4 69.8 1.8 



Buckwheat 12.6 87.4 8.7 2.0 10.0 64.5 2.2 



Middlings 13.2 86.8 4.1 4.8 28.9 41.9 7.1 



Bran.. 14.0 86.0 14.1 3.4 17.1 46.4 4.4 



Rye 11.6 88.4 1.7 1.9 10.6 72.5 1.7 



Rye Bran 11.6 88.4 3.5 3.6 14.7 63.8 2.8 



Millet 13.5 86.5 9.5 3.0 12.7 58.0 3.3 



Flax Seed 11.8 88.2 7.9 3.4 21.7 19.6 35.6 



Linseed Meal — new 10.1 89.9 9.5 5.8 33.2 38.4 3.0 



Cotton Seed Meal 8.2 91.8 5.6 7.2 42.3 23.6 13.1 



Sunflower Seeds 8.0 92.0 28.5 3.0 13.0 23.9 23.6 



Rice 12.4 87.6 1.2 1.4 7.4 79.2 0.4 



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