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short lengths for litter, and the com field should be so located 

 as to afford range for the growing chicks. These different 

 uses make the raising of com most satisfactory. An acre of 

 com, properly planted, on fertile soil, should yield an average 

 of sixty bushels, at a selling price of about fifty cents per 

 bushel. The value of the product per acre will then be 

 about $30.00. The question whether it is desirable and 



Fig. 130. — A small patch of corn should be grown in connection with everj' 

 flock of poultry. It can be utilized for feed in many forms, for shade, and later 

 for litter. (O. B. Martin, Plant Industry.) 



profitable to raise com can be determined by comparing 

 these figures with the results obtained by trying an experi- 

 ment, on a small area, with whatever grain one desires 

 to grow (Fig. 130). 



Wheat. — Wheat, as a poultry feed, is not usually grown 

 on the farm where the poultry are kept. One reason for 

 this is that so much machinery is required to harvest it, and 



