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down until it is gone. Care should be taken to wash it well 

 each day, and to keep it well supplied with clean water. 

 All chickens require much water to drink. 



Feeding Systems. — Much discussion has been carried 

 on by poultry raisers as to the feeding systems to be followed. 

 Some are most successful with the wet-mash system of feed- 



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Fig. 200. — Dry-mash hopper. The wire screen over the lower opening prevents 

 the waste of feed. 



ing fowls. This system consists in feeding wet ground feed 

 once or twice a day and dry grains at other times. 



Recently a number of poultrymen have adopted a plan 

 known as the dry-mash system of feeding. A dry mash is 

 made by mixing a number of finely ground feeds together. 

 This is kept in a self-feeding hopper or feeding fountain at all 

 times. Besides this dry mash one or two feeds of mixed whole 

 grains are given in the deep litter on the floor. The heat- 



