20 A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



feeders offered for sale. The exercise can also be regulated 

 by the quantity of litter, and occasional, or earl}- morning 

 feeds scattered in the litter. 



Fowls have got to feel that feed is plentiful and always 

 available, if we wish to obtain a full measure of results. 

 Fowls think, and it will pay to keep them thinking contentedly 

 all the time. If you have any doubts about these matters, 

 "Ask the birds, their judgment is good." 



Fussing vs. Economy of Time. 



As a broad proposition it may be stated, without fear of 

 contradiction, that the fowls will do as well and will not care 

 a whit, if conditions are right, whether these conditions are 

 brought about with little or much work on the part of the 

 attendant. It will not make any difference, to the egg yield, 

 whether the attendant spends all day furnishing these condi- 

 tions to a flock of hens, or whether he furnishes the conditions 

 in an hour's time; but it will make a vast difference to the 

 attendant in his economy of labor. 



"Time is money," and if time is not wasted in fussing it 

 can be utilized in other affairs, or in increasing the capacity 

 of the plant — if all one's time is put in on the plant. 



E^•ery device or appliance, therefore, which tends to 

 economize time, shorten or lessen steps, or helps to prevent 

 any leaks should be made use of. Nowadays Efficiency is the 

 Watchword in an}- line of business, and there is no reason 

 whatsoever for making the poultry business an exception. 



Right tools with which to work cannot be considered as 

 an avoidable expense, but should be considered as indispensi- 

 ble assets in conducting successful operations. 



'Water Problems 



The death knell of many an otherwise promising poultry 

 business, is seen in the way water is dished out to the fowls. 



Sometimes water is carried to the flock in shallow dishes 

 ur trays, and the fowls walk all over the dishes, foul the 

 water, and make it unfit to drink in a few minutes. Probably, 

 also, the dish is upset in short order; and then there is no 

 water where the water ought to be, and the fowls are soon 

 thirsty. 



