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Show FOOD FOR POULTRY. Poultry food should bo palatable. Some grains aro the favorito food of chickens, whllo others nro not Ryo may bo fed, but it is not generally liked by poultry, and should never be made tho principal feed. It may be used in a mixturo with other grains, and vill be oaten by tho flock. Relish Is one of tho fuctors of proper feeding. Food should bo varied. Tho best commercial poultry-foods on tho mnr-kot mnr-kot aro combinations of tho common farm grains. Thcro arc varying amounts of each, according to nutritive nutrit-ive valuo and cheapness wheat, oat3, corn, barley, rye, mlllot-socd, cano-seed, cano-seed, field peas, buckwheat, sunflower-seeds, sunflower-seeds, and grass-seeds. With these aro combined grit, shells and charcoal, Thesp foods produce good results, mainly bocause of tho varloty. With a little Instruction, ono could mako such a combination, for tho flock, of grains on tho farm. |