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Show Five-Point Poultry Feed Program Outlined At Confab Tips on economical feeding of poultry were given to farmers attending the final session of an intermountain feeds and feeding conference, which concluded con-cluded at Utah State Agricultural Agricultur-al college Thursday. W. R. Jenkins, college extension exten-sion poultryman, offered the following suggestions: (1) Have sufficient feeding space. As birds develop, larget feeders are needed. Ten to 40 percent of poultry feed is wasted (2) Have adequate waterinr space. Too often baby chicks die because they cannot get to the water. Water is as important as feed; in fact chicks will die from thirst sooner thari from lack of feed. (3) Use of automatic feeders is becoming increasingly popular, popu-lar, especially in larger pens These feeders save feed and labor and bring better results in feed consumption and growth. (4) To avoid waste, never fii' feeders over a third to half full Mash is an expensive fertilizer. (5) Feeders should be properh constructed, with a lip at the top to help keep feed in. Delegates to the conferenc were conducted on a tour of thr college's poultry and turkc farmers. Other topics discussed in th-final th-final session included: formulr feeds for poultry, by Dr. Carrol! I. Draper, head of the poultr dept.; formula feeds for turkeys by Byron Alder, former head "o! the dept.; field observations o'-poultry o'-poultry nutritional problems h W. H. Hendricks of Draper Poul trymen, Inc. Sponsored by the College Ex tension Service and Experiment Station, the conference has beer under chairmanship of Dr. Lout"-L. Lout"-L. Madsen, head of the anima' husbandry dept. |