AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



feeding, with the added danger of being more 

 difficult for the beginner to ascertain. 



The shade of difference between a fowl that is 

 well-fed, and yet not over-fed, is something that 

 can be learned only by experience. Both the kind 

 and the amount of food are factors. So far as 

 rules regulating the amount of food are concerned, 

 if mashes are used, feed only as much as the birds 

 will eat up clean in a short time; if dry grains are 

 used, feed so that the birds will always be ready 

 and anxious for the next meal. The indefiniteness 

 of such instructions may be exasperating to the 

 inexperienced, but they are the best that can be 

 stated for general use. 



Frequency of Feeding. As to how often to feed 

 poultry, most practical poultrymen feed three times 

 a day in the winter time and twi.ce a day in the 

 summer time. Where the birds are fed three times 

 a day in the winter, by feeding so that they have to 

 work for their food they keep more comfortable 

 and are busy and contented for a greater part of 

 the time than where they receive food at only two 

 periods. In the summer this makes little difference, 

 because the birds can be out of doors. 



How to Acquire Skill in Feeding. The best 

 way to acquire skill in feeding poultry is not 

 by studying " scientific formulas," etc., but by 

 practicing feeding, closely observing results, and 

 using one's own judgment according to the results 



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