Poultry fancier . the de-sired results. The feeder must realize that inegg production, flesh production or milk pro-duction, elements in different proportions arerequired. Furthermore, that egg productionfrom various fowls or under various conditionsrequires different rations. A growing lambneeds different nourishment than a fatteningsheep. It is consequently clear that differentrations are important in successful feeding. Investigations have ascertained many factsto guide the feeder. They have found what el-ements of food are needed for various pur-poses. They have also found which foodstuffs
Poultry fancier . the de-sired results. The feeder must realize that inegg production, flesh production or milk pro-duction, elements in different proportions arerequired. Furthermore, that egg productionfrom various fowls or under various conditionsrequires different rations. A growing lambneeds different nourishment than a fatteningsheep. It is consequently clear that differentrations are important in successful feeding. Investigations have ascertained many factsto guide the feeder. They have found what el-ements of food are needed for various pur-poses. They have also found which foodstuffssupply the different elements and the this knowledge feeding has been reallysimplified and placed upon a more economicalbasis. But there is one thing upon which the bal-anced ration and the palatable ration depends—the thoroughness of the mixing of the ingredi-ents of the ration. In fact, there can be nobalanced ration until there is a perfect blendof the ration. To illustrate: if a ton of grain. feeder—all agree by their own methods thatwhere gain in weight is desired, the greaterthe consumption the greater the profit. In acquiring success in poultry or live stockfeeding two factors influence the amount offeed fowls and animals consume at a first is that the ration must be second is that it must be palatable. Thetwo are very closely associated. We wish to impress on our readers that abalanced ration is not an impractical the other hand it is as practical as any-thing can be. A balanced ration is neithermore nor less than the most economical other words, it is the feeding of differentingredients in the proportions as needed forspecific purposes instead of feeding too muchof one kind and too little of another, with the feed were mixed together, consisting of 500pounds of each of four different kinds of grain,a pound picked up in any portion of the mix-ture should contain one-quarter of a pound ofeach kind of grain.
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