PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



Automatic watering devices are very helpful on a 

 large poultry farm and are especially practical in sections 

 where the water does not freeze during the winter. Vari- 

 ous types of automatic devices such as are manufactured 

 by dairy supply houses and other implement manufac- 

 turers are used in poultry houses. The simplest kind of 

 devices should be secured for this purpose as complicated 

 systems are expensive to keep in repair. Supplying water 

 automatically saves a large amount of labor and also 

 keeps a fresher supply of water before the fowls. It 

 usually pays to have water piped to the different poultry 

 houses and different parts of the range even though auto- 

 matic devices for supplying water are not furnished iri 

 each pen in the poultry house or in each yard on the 

 range. Litter and feed carriers may sometimes be used 

 to advantage on a poultry farm but are only practical on 

 poultry farms where the hens are kept in long poultry 

 houses. Where the houses are 16 or more feet in depth 

 and 200 or more feet in length, the use of a litter and feed 

 carrier is worth considering but it is questionable whether 

 they are a profitable investment in all cases even in houses 

 of this size, 



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