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Farm Poultry 



Fig. 54. Another style of bone- 

 cutter. 



to keep well for several seasons if necessity 

 requires. 



Canned meat foods, specially prepared for 

 poultry, are on the market. These give satisfac- 

 tory results under ordi- 

 nary conditions, but are 

 usually found to be some- 

 what more expensive than 

 the animal meals. Some 

 of the so-called poultry 

 meat foods that are pre- 

 served in tin cans, consist 

 largely of liver. 



Skim milk. Skim milk 

 may be substituted, 

 wholly or in part, for meat food without a marked 

 decrease in egg production, provided the proper 

 grain ration is given. In order to substitute milk 

 entirely for meat, it will probably be necessary 

 to give the fowls milk to drink instead of water 

 and to mix soft food with the milk. If milk be 

 depended upon entirely to take the place of meat, 

 somewhat greater okill will probably be required 

 in feeding than if a good quality of animal meal 

 is fed. 



Grit. It is necessary that fowls be supplied 

 with some kind of grit, which is used in the giz- 

 zard for grinding the food. Fowls at all ages, 

 from the little chicken just hatched to the mature 



