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FEEDING 



Potatoes. — Potatoes are examples of carbohydrate feed, 

 containing about 20 per cent. As poultry feed, their use 

 should be limited to small and cull potatoes, and these only 

 in small amounts, as they are rather soft, and not easily 

 digested. The composition of potatoes may be expressed 

 in the following percentages: Dry matter 20, protein 2, 

 carbohydrates 18, fat 0. 



Dry Beet Pulp. — Beet pulp is a by-product from the manu- 

 facture of beet sugar from sugar beets. Dried beet pulp 



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Fia, 129. — Sunflowers make excellent shade when they are planted thick, and the 

 seeds make a very rich and valuable poultry feed. 



is usually given after it has swollen by being soaked in water. 

 It contains 61 per cent of carbohydrates, and, theoretically, 

 is a good feed, but birds do not seem to relish it. 



FATTY FEEDS 



Considerable fat is present in all feeds, especially in meat 

 scrap, a good grade of meat scrap often containing as high 

 as 25 per cent of fat. Sunflower seeds make a profitable sub- 

 stitute for meat scrap, when it is desirable to give more 



