CHAPTER VII 



Feeding and Feeds 



Next to breeding and housing, the feeding of 

 fowls is perhaps the most important essential in 

 poultry raising. Poultry keepers, as a rule, do not 

 realize the importance of good feed. Others place 



RAW MATERIAL, EGG MACHINE AND FINISHED PRODUCT 



The Oregon experiment station thus grapliically teaches wliat 

 a utility fowl does. 



too much responsibility upon the feed and feeding. 

 Let it be remembered that no amount and no 

 quality of feed or anything else will make all hens 

 lay or all poultry profitable. The factor of indi- 

 viduality must be considered. Some hens will lay 

 150 to 200 eggs in a year and others treated the 

 same will not lay an egg. On the other hand, no 



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