AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
feeding, with the added danger of being more 
difficult for the beginner to ascertain. 
The shade of difference between a fowl that is 
well-fed, and yet not over-fed, is something that 
can be learned only by experience. Both the kind 
and the amount of food are factors. So far as 
rules regulating the amount of food are concerned, 
if mashes are used, feed only as much as the birds 
will eat up clean in a short time; if dry grains are 
used, feed so that the birds will always be ready 
and anxious for the next meal. The indefiniteness 
of such instructions may be exasperating to the 
inexperienced, but they are the best that can be 
stated for general use. 
Frequency of Feeding. As to how often to feed 
poultry, most practical poultrymen feed three times 
a day in the winter time and twice a day in the 
summer time. Where the birds are fed three times 
a day in the winter, by feeding so that they have to 
work for their food they keep more comfortable 
and are busy and contented for a greater part of 
the time than where they receive food at only two 
periods. In the summer this makes little difference, 
because the birds can be out of doors. 
How to Acquire Skill in Feeding. The best 
way to acquire skill in feeding poultry is not 
by studying ‘scientific formulas,” etc., but by 
practicing feeding, closely observing results, and 
using one’s own judgment according to the results 
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