Show q T RY LEGUMES USEFUL AS GRAIN FEED each hen could profitably use pound of hay daily the ohio experiment station has done some valuable work in testing out the use of alfalfa clover and soy bean hay as substitutes tor for green feed for the laying flock they found that each bird could make profitable use ot of about one pound of leafy fine stemmed stem mod bright hay per month the hay should nut not be coarse or contain a high per cent of crude fiber it Is nearly always possible to get at least a limited amount of such hay from the last cutting of alfalfa or the second cutting of clover A considerable number of farmers are cutting a small portion of their alfalfa late in the fall after afler the removal of the last regular crop the least mature of the tha soy beans when they have been cut for hay bay are equally satisfactory these ohio tests indicate that these three alfalfa red clover and soy beans are equally valuable if cut and cured properly in these tests the feeding of the hay in hoops of poultry netting was found to be very satisfactory is cutting the hay in half inch lengths made the feeding easier and the liens hens ate more A silage cutter or feed chopper can be usevio used to cut the hay the shatter smatterings ings that accumulate where the alfalfa or clover is handled in feeding the cattle or other live stock is equally valuable if the hay bay Is of good quality and not injured by weathering or heating in barn or stack alfalfa meal m made ade from green hay bay in the mash or fed as a separate part of the ration la Is another green feed substitute |