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Show GRAIN SORGHUMS FOR FOWLS Blackhull Kafir Excellently Adapted for Purpose Readily Fed Without With-out Crushing. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) All poultry raisers should become more familiar with the value of sorghum sorg-hum grains, especially the Blackhull kafir, as a feed for hens. They are excellently adapted for this purpose arc the grains are nutritious, and in size they are small enough so that they are readily fed without cracking or crushing. crush-ing. An investigation made in 1908 showed show-ed more than 100 firms engaged in the manufacture of over 200 brands of poultry feed. Figures furnlsjed ut that time by 33 of these firms showed an annual output of about 30,000 tons of these products. Approximately one-third one-third of this quantity, or 10,000 tons, consisted of the seed of Blackhull kafir. This was used mostly in mixture with other grains, such as corn, wheat, screenings, etc. It probably is a safe estimate that kafir or other grain-sorghum grain-sorghum seed forms fully 25 per cent of the prepared poultry feed sold In tills country. There Is a steady demand for tbese grains in the manufacture of pjultry feed. When the crop In this country has been short, slml'ar vq pieties have been imported from as far away as In dla and China. The poultry industry is Rteadlly increasing In this country It Is probable that kafir grain would form a still larger proportion of the total poultry feed manufactured If It were always available at satisfactory prices. This avenue should not be neglected. |