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flour,and bran. It isa little deficient in 
carbro-hydrates, and’ thus used in con- 
junction with barley meal, which is strong 
in this element, it forms a well balanced 
ration. During the summer. months the 
proportion of middlings should be in- 
ereased; during. the cold weather the 
barley meal. 
Barley meal is one of the most useful 
meals woe -have, and it is not used so ex- 
tensively as it might be with advantage. 
Considering:its feeding value, itis by no 
means: an expensive food—in fact, it. is 
considerably cheaper than its actual price 
would seem to indicate. It.isa really 
well-balanced meal, but contains a fairly 
slight excess of carbo-hydrates, and is thus 
rather more suitable during the winter 
months. 
What applies: to maize applies also to 
maize meal as to the whole grain’, being 
very tich in carbo-hydrates, it requires 
carefnl using. Bean and pea meal: con- 
tain an excess of albnminoids, and are 
not recommonded, save in ‘very small 
quantities, mixed with other meals. 
Bran‘ is a very bulky food, and contains 
little nutriment. - 
POULTRY FARMING ON 
SMALL HOLDINGS. 
(Continued from last issue.) 
GRIT BOX, = Every fowl requires 
Some form of grit for the gizzard’s proper 
work. Fowls have no te+th, ani their 
only means of grinding is done in the 
gizzard by means of grit, say sharp pieces 
of broken earthenware, smashed to the 
size of a pea, or half the sizeof a maize. 
This form of grit is that most relished, 
and I have known birds to leaye quarts 
until they have exhausted all the earth- 
enware, Oyster shol], broken into small 
pieces, may also be given to assist shell 
making, but it is not hard enough toserve 
the double purpose, 
DRINKING VESSEL.—Many make 
the mistake of using open receptacles, such 
as an old saucepan or cracked dish, filling 
it "p once a yoek, and allowing it to be 
-fHE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
‘exposed to the sun’s rays. This is a 
serious mistake. Should a touch of diazease 
appear on the farm, the bird affected 
naturally drinks alot, and in so doing | 
leaves the germs of disease behind for 
the others which follow, and so disease is 
spread broadcast. The scalding of the tins 
is very essontial. No disease spreads so 
rapidly as by means of infected water. 
Keep the water cool and absolutely pure. 
A cheap water vessel can be made ont 
of a kerosene tin, cut from the front,, half 
way down on both sides, "Bad cut across 
the centre of the tin. Raise the piece of. 
tin slightly. It will not only form ashade 
to the water, but also more important 
still. it prevents the fowls’ feet from get:. 
ting into the water, and “tHereby forms 
another safegard against disease germs. 
Keep a rusty horseshoe in the SAMS 
and occasionally add 80 drops of sulphur: 
ric acid to each gallon. Once a month 
add a packet of Epsom salts to each half 
gallon of water. The colour of the comb 
should be observed; the whitish red, the 
blackish purple, or the very pale comb 
denotes something radically wrong. A 
bright, healthy, appearance is SEgBON, 
(To be Continued. ) 
For small crofts or holdings, or even 
cottages, the greatest profit will come 
from a carefully selected stock of a aingle 
pure breed. 
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