FEEDING PRACTICES AND APPLIANCES 



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For force-fatteiiint;, crates are a necessity, ami cramming 

 machines are inFrc(iiieiitly used. 



Supply Hopper. — A siij^ply of the <;Taiii feil out of lumd 

 should be kept at the hen-house. E\erytliing tluit can 

 reasonably I)e done to encourage poultry to make the poultry- 

 house their headcpuirters when they are not ranging should 

 be resorted to. It is bad farm practice to throw out feed for 

 poultry around the granary. They soon learn the source of 



Via. 170 



A serviceable supply Iiopper nf proper dimensions to hold 2U0 pounds of grain. 

 (C'ourto.^J■ of IxaiiMi.-j Agricultural Experiment Station.) 



supply and will hang about the granary waiting for feeding 

 time or watching for an opportunity to fly in. On most 

 farms this constitutes a nuisance. 



If the poultry is fed at the poultry-house, as the practice 

 should be, at least two trips from the granary to the chicken- 

 house become necessary. These may lie axoided by having 

 a supply of grain at the cliickcn-house and at the same time 

 will result in tlie hens gatliering at the proi)er ])lace at feeding 

 time. 



