. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 168 POULTRY CULTURE their places, the kind and size used being adapted to the work to be done. In the mixing and cooking of feed, also, appliances used in work with other kinds of stock are adapted to work with poultry. There are, however, a number of appliances and tools de- signed especially for the poultryman. Some of these are necessary in all lines of work, some in special lines, and some are useful only in certain conditions. It is not necessary to mention and describe them all. Following is a list of the more important appliances,
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 168 POULTRY CULTURE their places, the kind and size used being adapted to the work to be done. In the mixing and cooking of feed, also, appliances used in work with other kinds of stock are adapted to work with poultry. There are, however, a number of appliances and tools de- signed especially for the poultryman. Some of these are necessary in all lines of work, some in special lines, and some are useful only in certain conditions. It is not necessary to mention and describe them all. Following is a list of the more important appliances, with brief statements concerning the use of each. These and other appliances are catalogued by general poultry-supply houses, or advertised in poultry and agricultural papers by the Fig. 263. Iron jacket and bricked-up kettles in cookhouse on farm of F. W. C. Almy Fig. 264. Feed cooker and mixing trough in cookroom at C. 's plant Cooking apparatus. The best cooker for poultry feed is a bricked- up set-kettle. The bricks hold the heat much longer than the iron fire box under the ordinary feed cooker. The latter is less expen- sive. Either may be used for scalding poultry or for heating water for any purpose. Something of this kind is necessary on a poultry plant that carries more than a few dozen birds. Food mixers. On a large plant where moist mashes are fed (as on duck plants and goose-fattening farms) mixing by hand becomes heavy work. Bakers' dough mixers have been satisfac- torily used by some duck growers. One large duck farm uses a con- crete mixer. Ordinarily a revolving barrel or box turned by hand will answer for mixing dry mill stuffs, and wet ground grains may be mixed with a shovel in kettles or in troughs. Grains to be fed in hoppers may be mixed in revolving mixers. For feeding by hand,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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