Table 16. Estimated Annual Costs of Chore Feeding per 1,000 

 and 3,0C0 Layers under Three Methods 



^ Hours at SI. per hour. 



Many of the modifications possible in feeding laying flocks can be 

 applied equally well to replacement rearing or growing meat chickens 

 in continuous housing. Admittedly, there are variations of details, and 

 since the data obtained did not specifically relate to the brooding period 

 or to meat enterprises, these are not elaborated upon herein. However, 

 data were obtained relative to feeding methods followed in growing re- 

 placement stock on range. 



The development of new procedures for handling grain for birds on 

 range has not kept pace with innovations designed for house feeding. Of 

 20 growers interviewed, only 3 were using bulk storage bins. All but 2 

 were feeding at least mash in hoppers. Five stored grain in buildings, bins, 

 or barrels on the range itself; 3 were trucking direct from the mill or 

 the grain dealer's truck to their ranges. The 2 growers not using range 

 hoppers were drawing pellets and scratch from bulk bins and scattering 

 them on the range from a truck or lime spreader. 



Two possible economies of time appear from the data collected, i.e., 

 less frequent feeding and elimination of hoppers (Table 17). On the average, 

 filling hoppers once or twice ppr week was less time consuming than daily 

 filling. One grower who filled hoppers twice a week, but permitted his 

 birds free choice of mash or scratch in hoppers in the proportion of 2:1, 

 required the lowest number of man minutes daily in feeding per 100 birds 

 in the sample of 20. Both less frequent feeding and elimination of hoppers 



Table 17. Man Minutes Required Daily to Feed 100 Pullets on Range 



Man Minutes/Day per 

 Type of System 100 Pullets 



Daily feeding, at least mash in hoppers 1.61 

 Daily feeding, pellets and scratch drawn from bulk bin 



and scattered from truck or lime spreader, no hoppers 1.00 



Less-than-daily filling of hoppers, at least mash in hoppers .74 



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