. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDS FOR POULTRY 397 unfit for flour making and is hence cheaper, is richer in protein and fully as valuable for feeding as plump wheat. Wheat screenings, when of good quality and not musty or smutted, are satisfactory for poultry. The value depends on the proportion of shrunken wheat and weed seeds to worthless trash. Oats.—Due to the large amount of fiber in the hulls, oats rank. Fig. 113.—Po
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDS FOR POULTRY 397 unfit for flour making and is hence cheaper, is richer in protein and fully as valuable for feeding as plump wheat. Wheat screenings, when of good quality and not musty or smutted, are satisfactory for poultry. The value depends on the proportion of shrunken wheat and weed seeds to worthless trash. Oats.—Due to the large amount of fiber in the hulls, oats rank. Fig. 113.—Poultry Eaising Fits into Intensive Agriculture The truck gardener or the fruitgrower can often increase his profits by raising poultry. The illustration shows chickens ranging on land planted to corn and young fruit trees. (From Indiana Station.) below corn or wheat for supplying nutrients. They are also usually costly compared with corn and are not well relished by poultry. However, mixed with other concentrates, they are useful in giving bulk to the ration and adding variety. Plump, heavy oats should be used for poultry as the hulls are almost worthless for them. Whole oats or clipped oats are often fed as part of the scratch feed, rolled oats and pin-head oat meal are favorite feeds for baby chicks, and hulled oats are esteemed for older chicks. As pointed out later in this chap- ter, sprouted oats are an excellent succulent feed. Barley.—Tho less palatable than corn or wheat, barley is an ex- cellent grain for poultry, being nearly equal to these grains in feeding value. In sections of the "West it is the most common grain for poul- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. Madison, Wis. , The Henry-
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