FOODS AND FEEDING 



There are now on the market many brands of 

 " prepared feeds " by the use of which the most 

 Prepared inexperienced person can do away with 

 Poultry Feeds a ll uncertainty as to the correctness 

 of the feeding ration he is using. These feeds 

 can be secured of almost any incubator company 

 or poultry supply house, and most grain dealers 

 also handle them, as their popularity has increased 

 steadily and rapidly and to-day the demand is sur- 

 prisingly large in every section of America. These 

 feeds are composed of a number of different con- 

 stituents, forming a pleasing variety, and are 

 properly " balanced " according to the formula of 

 an expert in the science of poultry feeding. They 

 are manufactured for every and any purpose and 

 for fowls of any and all ages. 



The feed for the first few weeks of the chicken's 

 life is known as " Chick Feed "; after that comes 

 the " Developing Feed," which is especially 

 adapted to chicks from four weeks to four months 

 of age; and for Broiler chicks there is a supple- 

 mentary " Fattening Food " which forces a rapid 

 development. Then for mature fowls there are 

 the " Scratch Foods " and the " Dry-Mash 

 Feeds," which furnish a complete and well-bal- 

 anced dry grain or mash feed for breeding or 

 laying stock. 



These feeds cost very little more than it does 

 for one to buy his food stuffs and mix them him- 



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