POULTRY FOODS 



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do not usually show any eagerness for sunflower seed offered to 

 them in the hull, or shell (the seed might be classed as a nut), 

 though they eat the meat greedily when it is removed from the hull. 



Table XII. Composition and Values of Miscellaneous Seeds 



Green foods. The common things available for green food are 

 quite similar in composition and very low in feeding value when 



Table XIII. Coimposition and Values of Grasses and Leaves 



(Green) 



Water 



% 



Fiber 



% 



Ash 



/» 



Protein 



% 



Starches 



% 



Fat 



Nutrient 

 Ratio 



Calories 

 in t oz. 



Wheat 



Grass (clippings) 



Clover, red . 



Alfalfa . . 



Alfilaria^ 



Barley 



Corn . . 



Cabbage . . 



Lettuce . . 



Spinach 



Beet tops' 



Rape .... 



Onion tops . 



76.4 

 70.S 

 80.0 

 80.0 

 79.0 



79-3 

 90.5 



95-9 

 92.4 

 90.0 

 86.0 

 91.0 



1.8 

 4.1 

 8.1 

 4-7 

 4-7 

 7-9 

 5.0 



^■5 

 0.5 

 0.7 



-•4 

 2.1 



••7 

 '•7 

 8.8 



1.4 

 0.8 

 1.9 

 0.1 



ji.g 



2-3 

 4.4 

 4.9 

 2.8 

 2.7 

 1.8 

 2.4 

 i.o 

 2.1 

 1-3 

 '■5 

 0.8 



7i.g 



13.8 



135 



7-9 



9.8 



8.0 



3-9 

 1.6 

 2.4 



2-3 



8.63 

 3-0 



2.1 

 1.0 

 I.I 

 0.7 

 0.9 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.4 

 0.2 

 0.5 

 0-3 



1:6.3 

 7 



3-7 

 1.9 



4-3 

 3-5 



7-5 



2.1 



1-7 

 2.3 



5-4 

 2-7 



102 

 '5 

 23 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 iS 

 8 



4 

 6 



5 

 12 



^ Sor^hitm valgare. 



2 Akin to alfalfa. It grows wild in Southern California. " Including fat. 



