POULTRY FOODS 



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quantities in kitchen waste. Tainted fish is likely to give a strong 

 flavor to the flesh and eggs of birds to which it is fed. 



Fish scrap. Fish scrap is not in high favor as a poultry food. 

 A possible reason for this is the poor quality of what is offered. 

 The same quality is often sold for poultry food and for fertilizer. 

 The bad effects of such articles are more quickly apparent when 

 fed in moist mashes than when fed in dry mashes. A good, clean 

 fish scrap should make an excellent poultry food, but too much of 

 what is sold does not answer this description, and the price, as 

 compared with the price of beef scrap, is usually far too high. 



Shellfish. Poultry keepers living near the sea often give shell- 

 fish very freely. A common practice is to grind shell and all to- 

 gether. Fed in this way they are eaten with avidity and give 

 most excellent results. 



Table XIX. Composition and Values of Milk and Milk 

 By-Products 



Milk. All milk products are good poultry foods. The extent of 

 their use in any case is determined by the supply and the price. 



Separated skim milk and buttermilk are the forms of milk most 

 generally available for poultry feeding. In the vicinity of a cream- 

 ery separated skim milk and buttermilk are often very low in price 

 and can be obtained in any quantity. Milk is usually given as a 

 drink. When the supply is sufficient, many poultrymen use milk 

 instead of water, to mix the mash. In this way the birds consume 

 more of it than they otherwise would. No bad effects have been 

 observed in such forced feeding of this article; indeed, from the 

 experience of Dr. C. F. Hodges, of Worcester, Massachusetts, in 



