Show germinated oats found of little real value A tow few aeo ago considerable at wn was paid to providing poultry with ith especially during the winter months the common methods imro to supplement upp lement tho the rations with bulky materials mator lala such AB its cabbage stock beef beets etc theu came tho tile op prout routing lag oat craze and later the tile use of germinating outa the practice of using 1 thia this type of material in rations for egg prodoc toa lien no based upon the fact that poultry apparently this forai of food on thu tho other hand experimental tests anre w lre lacking and anti those witch were ere conducted failed to produce the expected results professor carrick of purdue ver kilty reports the result results of three years test with eats in laying rations the average result for or the three fear year test was as about eight e cn ss per hen lien wore for the flocks fed germinated germIna teil nate oats accord lir to professor carrick the slight difference in production la Is not sufficient to justify much expense for labor or equipment to feed thesa ciul and lint that it appear appears poa pots sible that the former can expect to gain en in little if hy by feeding st 1 oats to hie tits flok and it seems doubtful that leod poultry keepers will a III profit croul such feeding practices Blis souil I 1 armer |