Low-Grade Sugar, a Potential Carbohydrate Feedstuff for Laying Chickens

IN MANY regions of the world, particularly the tropics, it is economically neither feasible nor possible to raise corn, wheat, and other grains for poultry. As a consequence, carbohydrate feedstuffs are imported since earlier investigations had shown the superiority of these grains over certain indigenous sources of carbohydrates. This dependence on imported feed has tended to discourage the expansion of poultry enterprises in tropical areas and increase the costs of production. Then, too, there are grain-deficient areas in the Temperate Zone; deficient not only for animal production but, more important still, for humans as well; and the shipment of Temperate Zone grains to the tropics can only tend to aggravate this situation. It is apparent, then, that indigenous plants from other geographical areas must be investigated and developed to supplement or materially add to the world’s supply of carbohydrate feedstuffs. While numerous studies have been reported on potential carbohydrate feeds . . .