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It will be noted that buckwheat is lower in digestible nu- 

 trients than corn, wheat, or oats; hence, to be profitable as a 

 feed, must be purchased at a much lower figur?. 



There are several by-products in the manufacture of buck- 

 wheat flour. 



The hulls are black and woody and cannot be recommended 

 for poultry feeding. 



Buckwheat middlings is a by-product in the manufacture of 

 flour, and contains much of the material of the grain just 

 inside the hull. It may well form a part of the dry mash, since 

 it contains 22.0 per cent, digestible protein, 5.4 per cent, fat, 

 and 33.4 per cent, carbohydrates. 



Usually the hulls and middlings constitute buckwheat bran; 

 its hull content makes this feed undesirable for poultry rations. 



Buckwheat shorts contain 21.1 per cent, protein, 5.5 per 

 cent, fat, and 33.5 per cent, carbohydrates. 



Fifty-two pounds of buckwheat constitute a bushel. 



Sorghum seed is fed to some extent to poultry. It is of 

 slightly lower feeding value than corn, as can be seen from the 

 table of digestible nutrients. 



Broom-corn seed ranks a trifle under sorghum seed in value. 



Kaffir corn is a close second to sorghum, carrying a trifle 

 more protein and carbohydrates, but less fat. 



Millet ranks with corn in protein, but is low in carbohydrates 

 and fat. 



Cotton-seed by-products are of questionable value in 

 poultry feeding. 



Cotton-seed hulls cannot be used. 



Investigations by the author in the feeding of cotton-seed 

 meal has shown good results in dry mash, where the cotton- 

 seed-meal content did not exceed 10 per cent, of the mash. 

 This test was carried on in 19 flocks of egg-producers for a 

 period of six months. 



Cotton-seed meal as a mash constituent in trough feeding 

 or fattening of fowls proved that the meal, constituting 20 

 per cent, of the ration, was unpalatable in this quantity, and 

 that the birds readily became sick of it and would not eat 

 mash containing it, and a loss in weight resulted in some cases, 

 and in others they would actually starve themselves, while 



