PREFACE 



"Poultry Feeds and Feeding" is designed to meet the 

 needs of both poultry keepers and students by furnishing 

 detailed information on all feeds and methods of feeding 

 used with poultry. Grains, rations and methods of feed- 

 ing used in every section of the United States are taken 

 up and discussed to make this book of value in all sections. 



Part I is devoted to the principles of feeding, explains 

 which elements have been found essential in feeding poul- 

 try and tells why certain combinations are made. This 

 part of the book is of special value to the student of poul- 

 try but the authors have tried to present this in a plain 

 style which can be grasped by every intelligent poultry 

 keeper and the subject is worthy of careful considera- 

 tion by all progressive poultry feeders. 



Every grain or feed-stuff used for poultry is discussed 

 in Part II and references are given to experiments 

 conducted in the feeding of poultry. The information in 

 this section on the comparative feeding value of the dif- 

 ferent grains is of considerable importance to all poultry 

 keepers in order to help them make an intelligent selection 

 of feeds and to adapt their rations to prices and available 

 supplies of feeds, which are constantly changing. The 

 student will also find the references to experiments in 

 feeding poultry and also the material in the Appendix 

 of this book of great value. 



