+-------------------------+------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+ | Every 100 lbs. of | B | C | D | E | F | G | +-------------------------+------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+ | | lb. | lb. | lb. | lb. | lb. | lb. | |Wheat contains| 12 | 12 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 2 | |Bran, Middlings, &c. ” | 14 | 18 | 6 | 53 | -- | 5 | |Oats, with husk ” | 9½ | 15 | 6 | 47 | 20 | 2 | |Oatmeal ” | 9 | 18 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 2 | |Barley ” | 11 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 14 | 2 | |Malt Dust ” | 6 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | 8 | |Indian Corn ” | 10 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 5 | 1 | |Rice, husked ” | -- | 7 | -- | 80 | -- |a trace| |Dhoors ” | 12 | 11 | -- | 70 | 4 | 2 | |Buckwheat ” | -- | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |Peas, &c. } | | | | | | | |Beans } ” | 15 | 25 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 2 | |Tares } | | | | | | | |Lentils } | | | | | | | |Potato ” | 75 | 2 |a trace| 19 | 3 | ¾ | +-------------------------+------+-----+-------+------+-----+-------+ My position in connection with the _Cottage Gardener_, has given me the opportunity of examining more dead and diseased fowls than perhaps ever fell to the lot of one individual; and, as the most certain result of my experience, I can state that more than one half the cases that come under my care, or that are examined by me after death, are caused by errors in feeding. Inflammation of the digestive stomach (which is situated between the crop and the gizzard), caused by the use of peas, beans, hemp seed, or by the endeavour to force fowls forward for exhibition, or to make them up for the sale room, is a most frequent result. Apoplexy from over-feeding, especially in laying hens, and paralysis from the same cause, are frequent. Inflammation of the egg passage is a common, and unless timely treated, another fatal complaint, generally taking its rise in over-stimulating food; and leg weakness, from the weight increasing faster than the strength, is common in Cochins. [Illustration]