CHAPTER X. 

 FEEDING PRACTICES AND APPLIANCES. 



FEEDING PRACTICE. 



Basis of Feeding Practice. — There is no other class of live 

 stock that surpasses poultry in the difficulty of successful 

 feeding. With the larger animals, and particularly the 

 dairy cow, with which the laying hen is most nearly com- 

 parable, the individual may be dealt with, and individual 

 tastes and peculiarities catered to. 



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The foundation of an cfTiciL-nt frcdin^ ])ractic(.> is a uniform ffock. 

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With poultry, the value of the product of a single indi- 

 vidual is not sufficient to warrant individual care and atten- 

 tion. The best that can be done is to build up feeding 

 practices that meet the requirements of the average hen. 



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