Excerpt from Poultry Raising The appetite of the hen is some indication as to her productive capac ity. Those with good appetites will meet one at the door at feeding time and, if at all tame, may hop on to the feed basket. They will scratch the litter about the pen in a vigorous way in search of. Hidden grains, and may be heard singing away contentedly as they work. They will always be active, never drooping around the pen or staying on the roosts after the others have left, in fact, the first hen about in the morning may usually be considered one of the best producers. The reason for this is simple. If she requires just food enough to supply the wear and tear of the body it will not take her long to secure it, but if she is a good egg manufacturing machine, a large supply of fuel is needed to keep the mechanism running. The fuel furnishing this energy is found in the food consumed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.