| What are the principal foods that are suitable, and of value, for fowls? |
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Answer:The various grains, including wheat, oats, corn, buckwheat, millet, barley, rye, etc., the two latter being not so desirable as the first mentioned four. Millet is principally of value in feeding young chicks. The numerous ground by-products of the various grains are useful and are used in the form of "mash." Green food is essential and may consist of any of the ordinary vegetables in the form of roots, plants and vines. Green or growing vegetation of most any kind is valuable, and especially clover alfalfa, rye, rape, cow peas, soy beans, etc. Animal food is also necessary in the form of worms, bugs, insects and such animal life as the fowl obtains when on range. When kept in confinement, animal food should be supplied in the form of fresh meat scraps or ground green bone. Milk in its various forms is particularly valuable and should be used chiefly in wetting the mash. Table scraps may be fed sparingly, mixed in the mash. |


