Mrs Basley's poultry book; tells you what to do and how to do it; the chicken business from first to last including 1001 questions and answers, relative to up-to-date poultry culture . best resultsin egg-production, is the most difficult problem in poultry keeping,and has for some time been engaging the attention of the variousGovernment Experiment Stations in this and other countries. Thetwo successful systems in use at the present time are the Mashsystem and the Dry Feed system. The mash system is one m which a mash is fed once or twice aday. The foundation of the mash is bran, middlings, an
Mrs Basley's poultry book; tells you what to do and how to do it; the chicken business from first to last including 1001 questions and answers, relative to up-to-date poultry culture . best resultsin egg-production, is the most difficult problem in poultry keeping,and has for some time been engaging the attention of the variousGovernment Experiment Stations in this and other countries. Thetwo successful systems in use at the present time are the Mashsystem and the Dry Feed system. The mash system is one m which a mash is fed once or twice aday. The foundation of the mash is bran, middlings, and corn mealor chops. It is mixed wet, raw, scalded or cooked. The dry feedsystem is when a dry mash is fed, consisting of the same ingredientsas the wet mash. Dry feeding is used by many regularly and isbecoming more popular every year. The advantages of a mash are that by its means the food rationfor the whole day can be properly balanced; the nutritive ratiovaried and-controlled and the waste vegetables and table-leavingsvitilized to the best advantage. In mash feeding the errors to be avoided are: Too concentrateda mash with too much meat or fat; too light or bulky, that is,. An Excellent Feed Hopper, Good Both for Young and Old FowLs. These hoppers are made 8 feet long- and the trough is 8 inches wideand 4 inches deep with a projecting strip on top i^-inch to keep thechicks from pulling- our the feed. The slate are 3 inches apart. composed principally of bran or hay; too wet or sloppy mashes orsour or mouldy. Experience has shown that feeding mashes morethan once a day has bad effects, producing indigestion in variousforms. Theadvantages of the dry-feed system are: A saving of labor tothe feeder, is lighter to handle and much easier to mix. It can befed in the morning. The fowls are obliged to eat it slowly; theycannot swallow it in a few minutes. It will not freeze in coldweather nor become sour in hot weather and the fowls will notover-eat with the dry feed. The chief con
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