Milo as a Feed Ingredient for Broilers

GRAIN sorghums are grown in large volume in the South and Southwest and often are considerably lower in price than corn. Feed manufacturers and broiler producers are therefore interested in the effect of including various levels of milo and other grain sorghums in broiler diets. Payne (1934) found that good quality kafir or milo could be substituted for yellow or white corn in chick feed. Melass (1943) confirmed this finding, however, he specified that milo would replace an equal weight of corn only if a good quality of alfalfa leaf meal was included in the diet. Hammond (1942) found that either yellow milo or hegari was of equal value to white corn in a balanced diet for laying hens. Harms et al. (1958) found that as yellow corn replaced milo in the diet of broilers, grown in batteries, improvement in the finish score and body weight was obtained. They also . . .