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The grain is mixed on the concrete floor in the teed- 

 house and it is put directly from the floor into the pails, 

 the remainder of one mix lying there until the next day 

 when it is used up and a fresh mix is made. 



We use nothing but sweet, sound, well matured grain ; 

 under no circumstances do we buy or use damaged stuff. 

 Corn must be watched especially — it must smell and tasre 

 sweet. Mouldy feed of any kind is extremely expensive 

 chicken feed. It not only hurts the birds, often causing 

 diarrhoea, but it checks the egg flow. We are about 

 ready to admit that a poultryman could better afford to 

 starve his birds for three or four days than to give them 

 mouldy feed. 



The grain is mixed and the pails are filled and set in 

 place, ready for feeding, as soon as the early morning 

 work is over. There is always time to spare at that period 

 of the day. During the dry season the pails are carried 

 to the several gates and are covered over to keep wild 

 birds out of the grain. When feeding time comes there 

 is no delay, and the actual feeding takes but a very short 

 time. The pails are carried into the yards and one is 

 tilted under the arm and the grain is spilled out in a thin 

 stream. The aim is to move as quickly as possible so 

 that all of the birds may have an equal chance, and to 

 make as long a stream as possible. In the larger yards 

 two men usually work together and a double stream is 

 run out. With the system we employ it is surprising how 

 quickly a flock of four or five thousand birds can be fed. 



We make it a rule never to deviate from the feeding 

 plan — we start at the same yard each day and the round 

 is always identical. It makes the birds nervous to feed 



