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A FEED-HOPPER FOR POULTRY. 



Invented by R. C Lawry and James E. Rice. 



It now seems certain that hopper-feeding in some form is to be an 

 important part of the modern system of poultry-feeding. Hopper-feed- 

 ing saves labor, guards against under-feeding and makes the keeping of 

 fowls in large flocks less objectionable because it avoids crowding, which 

 is likely to occur when fowls in large flocks are fed a wet mash. Experi- 

 ments which have been conducted at this station indicate that for young 

 fowls of the laying varieties, kept for commercial egg production, the 

 feeding of a dry mash in a feed-hopper which is accessible at all times 



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 fied. A' umbers i, 2, 3, etc., from, left to right, placed at each egg, will shew how 

 many eggs are laid that day from each pen without the necessity of counting. [ 



during the day, is to be recommended. Whether the same system of 

 feeding will prove as satisfactory with old fowls of the laying varieties 

 or with young fowls of the general-purpose or meat varieties, we have 

 not yet determined by actual comparative test. Nor has it been proved 

 that the system can be used with safety with breeding fowls. This is a 

 vital consideration. The ultimate test which will decide whether or not 

 the hopier-1 ceding of dry mash will be of universal application to the 

 feeding of fo, !s, will be the effect on the vigor of the offspring. It is 

 too early yet to decide this point. Many practical feeders, however, 

 conclude from an extended experience, that the breeding fowls having 

 constant access to dry mash, will not suffer in health from over-eating 

 or lack of exercise. 



