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Show GIVING TOO MUCH DRY FEED Practice Generally Results First In Increased In-creased Egg Production, Then Fowls Are Affected. Whllo wo do not advocate the uso of wet mashes In poultry feeding we be-llevo be-llevo that too often dry feed Is fed too heavily and too continuously to pro duce the best results; In fact, thcro Is no doubt that a great deal of dry grain Is fed for a considerable period, tho birds often becomo seriously affected Soma of tho symptoms ot continued dry feeding are: Weak-neck; often birds appear to baparalyBzcd, loelug the. uso ot their legs; theybacomo sleepy, and scenr'td-'!afcwatnKtb to 1 cat, although their appetites continue) good. Where the feeding is ndopted, thero should bo plenty of sucoulent food to go with It. If tho food contains too large a proportion of meat scrap! with no green vegetables, tho troubles described de-scribed above aro pretty sure to fol- I Simply Constructed Trough for j Chicken Feeding. I low. Dry feeding generally results I first In Increased cgg-productlon, .tho birds appear to bo In lino health and ' it is only after this kind of fend lus 1 been continued for a long tlmo, that I tbo bad results appear. It Is a fact, therefore, that If birds seem to thrlvo at first on dry feeding, It, is not to be taken ns indlsputablo ovidenco that they aro thriving and can do without green food. It is much moro Important to supply tho birds plenty of green food along with dry grains and meat scraps, than when wet mashes are fed. |