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the different grains it will be possible by weighing the mixt- 

 ure and later weighing each kind of grain to tell the percent- 

 age composition of each. This exercise may well occupy two 

 or more periods. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



1. Classify feeds according to their chemical composition. 



2. Of what value is such a classificatioii? 



3. All feed materials are from what two general sources? 



4. Give a common example of an animal feed. 



5. What is the determining factor in a ration? 



6. Can protein feeds be readily grown at home? 



7. Give three common forms of meat products which are fed to poultry. 



8. How is meat scrap prepared? 



9. What is the difference between a low and a high grade meat scrap? 



10. What is the protein content of dry granulated bone and fish scrap? 



11. Enumerate five vegetable products carrying a high protein content. 



12. Are all carbohydrate feeds from an animal or a vegetable source? 



13. Discuss corn as a carbohydrate feed. 



14. Discuss the relative amounts of carbohydrates and protein in 



wheat. 



15. Is wheat bran commonly used as feed for poultry? 



16. How are oats generally fed to poultry? 



17. What can you say of buckwheat and barley as poultry feeds? 



18. Can many potatoes be safely fed to poultry? 



19. Would you recommend the feeding of dried beet pulp to poultry? 



20. What feed element is very abundant in sunflower seed? 



21. How much ash does wheat bran carry? 



22. Discuss dry ground bone as a source of mineral matter. 



23. For what purpose is oyster shell fed? 



24. In what two ways can water be supphed to birds? 



25. Discuss the supplying of succulent feeds to poultry. 



References. — United States Farmers' Bulletins: 298, Food Value 

 of Corn and Com Products; 318, Cowpeas; 372, Soy Beans; 420, Oats, 

 Distribution and Use; 424, Oats, Growing the Crop; 455, Red Clover; 

 565, Com Meal as a Food and Ways of Using It. 



