56 The Truth About the Poultry Business 



a difference in wheat and in all its products. That there is 

 a very great difference in wheats is shown by the following 

 analysis of nutritive values: 



Bluestem 1:10.0 



Club 1: 9.9 



Chule 1: 8.8 



Plump 1: 6.9 



Russian red 1 : 6.8 



Shrunken 1 : 4.6 



Shrunken 1: 6.5 



Turkey red 1: 6.8 



I do not know what effect the soil has on wheat. Grain 

 gets all its nutriment from the soil and soil differs about as 

 much as human beings. It would seem that the soil must 

 have some effect on grains, but that could only be deter- 

 mined by analysis. Mills, in making what is termed "Baker's 

 Flour,'' use a very large percentage of Turkey Red wheat, 

 but in making flour for the "family trade" the Bluestem is 

 the most used. The nutritive value of Turkey Red is 1:6.8, 

 and the nutritive value of Bluestem is 1:10.0. I do know 

 that bran from Bluestem wheat has a different effect on hens 

 from Turkey Red bran, and the nutritive rations differ greatly. 

 One contains more protein than the other, and the Turkey 



Red is non-laxative. _ . 



Crude protein Starch, sugar, etc 



per cent. per cent. 



Turkey Red 12.20 70.92 



Bluestem 9.00 77.05 



The difference is great. I know this, not from tables, but from 

 practical experience. But I do not know what bran it was 

 that caused me to obtain such opposite results, for I have 

 had to stop experimenting. I hope some day to take this up 

 where I left off. 



