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can be developed which will be copied and applied 

 successfully by all poultry feeders. 



It is practicable, however, to work out a separate 

 system of management for each case and this is one of 

 the places where a good brain is of great value in the 

 poultry business. The poultryman should study the 

 feeding problem for his flock with a determination to 

 gain the right solution, which should accord with the 

 facts that have become established through practical 

 experience and scientific experimentation in poultry 

 feeding. 



1. The available feed-stuffs may first be considered. 

 These include any and all crops suited to poultry feed- 

 ing that are grown on the place where the fowls are 

 kept or on the farms in the locality and all the poultry 

 feeds sold on the markets in the vicinity or obtainable 

 from more distant markets. The quantity and quality 

 of the feeds available and the cost of their production 

 or purchase affect the economy of feeding sufficiently to 

 make this a matter worthy of thorough investigation. 



2. The feeding materials must be stricly wholesome 

 in order that the nutriment which they furnish shall 

 produce the best results without danger of inducing un- 

 healthy conditions in the fowls. 



3. The food- should be palatable so that by its ap- 

 petizing taste it will induce full feeding, up to the 

 capacity of the fowls to use the nourishment for their 

 maintenance and the making of profitable poultry pro- 

 ducts. 



Considerable food is needed to maintain the bird's 

 body, keeping it warm, providing for the digestion and 

 assimilation of the nutrients, pushing the blood through 

 the circulatory system, furnishing energy for muscular 

 action in the movements of the body, etc. It is mainly 

 the extra food eaten and used for the further purposes 

 of growth, fattening and egg-production that brings 

 financial profit Condimental foods should not be used. 



4. The feeding stuffs should be supplied in con- 

 siderable variety to increase the attractiveness of eat- 

 ing and prevent the birds' appetites becoming cloyed. 



