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The fowls must be prevented from indulging in these 

 practices by keeping them away from such temptations 

 or by removal of the opportunities for satisfying their 

 abnormal cravings. 



Proper feeding and good management will usually 

 save the flocks from acquiring the vices which fre- 

 quently result because of carelessness or neglect on 

 the part of the poultry-keeper. 



LEAKS AND WASTES 



Management which allows of leaks and wastes on 

 the poultry plant is faulty. 



Capital may easily be wasted by placing the poultry 

 plant in a location unfavorable to the fowls or un- 

 suited to the conduct of the business. 



Money invested in buildings, which are not adapted 

 to the keeping of fowls or are erected upon unsuitable 

 sites is worse than wasted because the use of such struc- 

 tures entails continuing waste of effort. 



In some cases the buying of exhibition stock, at 

 fancy prices, for breeding purposes, is equivalent to 

 throwing away money. 



Food is easily wasted by feeding mashes on the 

 ground or in open troughs from which it may be scat- 

 tered and lost Wet mashes fed in excess, and the sur- 

 plus left to ferment, will entail loss and may become 

 a cause of disorder or disease. 



Feeding rations, which are unbalanced, especially if 

 these contain an excess of costly protein feed-stuff, is 

 wasteful. 



Allowing nourishing products of the farm to go un- 

 used or failing to grow food crops on the poultry plant 

 when such can be produced economically and then buy- 

 ing feed-stuffs for cash to make up the rations is mis- 

 management. Compelling the fowls to keep up their 

 body temperature by consuming additional food be- 

 cause of failure to provide comfortable shelter does 

 not help to increase the profitable productions of the 

 poultry farm. 



