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get from this a plain, everyday " rule to go by " that 

 will serve practically as a general basis for all feeding. 

 Having such a foundation, one will then be fitted to 

 bring common sense to bear in any individual case of 

 failure of the birds to meet expectations. 



Good Standard Poultry Feeds. Beginning at Left, Front Row : Middlings, 

 Cracked Corn, Oats, Beet Pulp. Middle Row : Bran, Cut Clover, Gran- 

 ulated Charcoal, Linseerl Meal. Back Row : Pigeon Feed, with Many 

 Peas, Corn and Oats Mixed, Commercial Mash, Commercial Scratch Feed 



It is fortunate, indeed, for the feeder on a farm that 

 the family within the home and the group families in the 

 farmyard subsist substantially on the same, or related, 

 foods. They are not served in the same ways ; yet the 

 very fact that the fowls which are most widely noted for 

 giving a liberal income are those that subsist largely on 

 table scraps goes to prove clearly that the proper ration 

 for our fowls is one not greatly differing from those 

 which we provide for ourselves. 



Inasmuch as the chief natural foods for fowls are 

 grains, grasses, and other vegetable products, the ques- 

 tion at once arises : What is it, in table scraps, which 



