FOODS AND FEEDING 
There are now on the market many brands of 
‘prepared feeds” by the use of which the most 
Prepared inexperienced person can do away with 
Poultry Feeds al] uncertainty as to the correctness 
of the feeding ration he is using. These feeds 
can be secured of almost any incubator company 
or poultry supply ‘house, and most grain dealers 
also handle them, as their popularity has increased 
steadily and rapidly and to-day the demand is sur- 
prisingly large in every section of America. These 
feeds are composed of a number of different con- 
stituents, forming a pleasing variety, and are 
properly “‘ balanced ” according to the formula of 
an expert in the science of poultry feeding. They 
are manufactured for every and any Bnpee and 
for fowls of any and all ages. 
* The feed for the first few weeks of che chicken’s 
life is known as “ Chick Feed’; after that comes 
the ‘‘ Developing Feed,’ which is especially 
adapted ta chicks from four weeks to four months 
of age; and for Broiler chicks there is a supple- 
mentary ‘‘ Fattening Food” which forces a rapid 
development. Then for mature fowls there are 
the “Scratch Foods” and the ‘ Dry-Mash 
Feeds,” which furnish a complete and well-bal- 
anced dry grain or mash feed for breeding or 
laying stock. 
These feeds cost very little more than it does 
for one to buy his food stuffs and mix them him- 
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