. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. CHAPTER XXIX FEEDING AND CARE OF POULTRY Poultry husbandry is a generalized rather than a specialized indus- try, for no other class of live stock is kept so widely, yet relatively few rely upon poultry raising for their main income. Both on the farm and on the city lot poultry consume much waste material, converting it into highly nutritious and palatable eggs and meat. On the farm, poultry occ
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. CHAPTER XXIX FEEDING AND CARE OF POULTRY Poultry husbandry is a generalized rather than a specialized indus- try, for no other class of live stock is kept so widely, yet relatively few rely upon poultry raising for their main income. Both on the farm and on the city lot poultry consume much waste material, converting it into highly nutritious and palatable eggs and meat. On the farm, poultry occupy a distinctive place, for a fair-sized flock may be kept to a considerable extent on land occupied by crops. Here they will not only gain much free food, but they will also benefit the crops by devour- ing injurious bugs, grubs, and worms. They are largely cared for by the women and children, and thus do not compete for labor with other lines of farming. General conditions are highly favorable for the farm flock of moderate size, even tho the feeding and care often receive little attention. Range is abundant, numerous buildings and trees provide protection from sun and wind, and epidemics of disease are much less serious than where large numbers of birds are kept under intensive conditions. It is due to these advantages of the farm flock that most of the spectacular, large scale poultry enterprises have failed. In the economy with which she produces human food, the hen ranks next to the pig, as is shown in Chapter V. She returns lbs. of edible solids (water-free) in eggs or lbs. in meat from 100 lbs. of digestible matter in her ration. When poultry are kept as a side-line, their economic efficiency is really greater than these figures indicate, because a large part of their food is material that would otherwise be wasted. Importance of poultry.—Under the term poultry are included fowls, turkeys, ducks, geese, swan, guineas, pigeons, peafowl, and pheasants. 377. Fig
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