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corn stalks, are scalded, sprinkled with bran, and 
then fed warm. In short, with materials of this 
kind we can keep the birds’ crops well filled ata 
very small cost. 
But one can make this food even much richer at 
little additional expense. Green bones, with more 
or less meat on them, are a waste product of butcher 
shops. The proprietors usually are glad if some- 
body comes to take it away. At any rate this rich- 
est and (when fed in reasonable limits) best of all 
poultry foods can be had at a very slight expense. 
It is a most excellent substitute for the bugs and 
worms of summer. It is a pity so much of it is 
wasted. 
The question only arises how we can get the hard 
bones, and the tough gristle, and other fleshy mat- 
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ter fine enough for fowls to eat. The often-advertised 
$5.00 bone mills will not grind green bones. Two 
ways are open for us to utilize these waste products. 
They can be softened by steaming under high pres- 
