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CHAPTER VI 



Feeding Systems — Foods and Feeding. 



37. The Two Feeding Systems. — According to 

 their preference in methods of feeding, poultry keepers 

 today may be roughly divided into two classes — one com- 

 prising the advocates of dry feeding', the other the advo- 

 cates of ~wet feeding. The line of division between these 

 classes is not as sharply defined in practice as would 

 appear from the statements of exponents of the different 

 methods. It seems to me that the attitude of representa- 

 tives of the two schools toward practical feeding, and 

 toward each other, is best expressed by stating that they 

 differ more in their philosophy of feeding than otherwise. 

 The advocate of wet feeding regards a judicious alternation 

 of wet or soft food and hard grain as generally productive 

 of best results. The advocate of dry feeding considers the 

 use of wet foods dangerous, or at least involving greater 

 risks than the use of all dry rations of grain, with what 

 " wetting" is required supplied in pure water and succu- 

 lent green food. 



