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or two, or a grain of wheat, or oats, or barley, or kernel of 

 corn ; there being no frantic scramble for the feed-hopper 

 there is ample time for each bird to help herself to all she 

 wants, and they all get their full share. 



" The pith of the argument for dry-feeding lies in that eating 

 slowly, a bit at a time, first a mouthful of dry mash, then a 

 bit of grain, or a seed or two, and then a snip at a clover leaf 

 or head, then to the drinking fountain for a sip of water. It 

 does not take us long to discover that this is exactly the way 

 the fowl or chick eats when rvtnning wild and finding its food 

 bit by bit — it is ' nature's way ' for a bird to feed, and if we 

 but do our part in supplying the essential food elements so the 

 birds can take what they want and as they want it, the condi- 

 tions seem to be right for them to eat in the natural way, and 

 they will eat no more than they want and eat it in the way 

 their systems can best appropriate it." 



Dr. Nottage, of Goshen, Mass., who is a sturdy advocate 

 of the dry- feeding method, says : " To better understand the 

 advantages of dry-feeding, let us look at the method I employ 

 in using the grains. The fact that I have gotten rid of mixing 

 and cooking mashes, and am now feeding most of the grain 

 and for the greater part of the time from feedhoppers, shows 

 how much easier it is to care for a good sized flock of fowls. 

 The advantages are apparent to all who feed their flocks four 

 or five times a day. and are constantly fussing with them. I 

 have come to be spoken of by the farmers around here as ' the 

 man who feeds his hens twice a week,' from the fact that dur- 

 ing the growing period, from the incubator to the pullet that 

 is about beginning to lay, I feed all the grain and beef scraps 

 from feed hoppers, which I fill twice* a week. Keep in mind 

 that all young stock is on free range, and the laying birds 

 in yards so ample they seldom wander to the ends of them ; also 

 that this laying stock is let out to wander at will on alternate 

 days. 



" I would not advise changing suddenly any method of feed- 

 ing, as it will seriously affect the egg output for a time ; but 

 after a few days the hens will be laying as before. The best 

 way is to begin with the chicks right from the incubator. 

 Looking at the subject of feeding from the beginner's stand- 

 point, I am certain that fewer mistakes will be made and a lar- 

 ger number of chicks raised to a healthy maturity by feeding 



