Show GROWING VING CHICKENS CHIC NEED GREEN FEED PEED Giving Them Free Range on Alfalfa Is Favored The ideal conditions under t to rul raise nock flock of e a growing chicks Is lg to al 81 I low them free range on a field of of al hot ot ot cry c can cnn do this tills sass says SU s C I P Pan Parrish I h extension poultry man at nt the orth I Carolina State col 01 lege Where it is Impossible the should see to It that his hl chicks oct ct et some green feed each day Green feed feld Is essential W here time the chicks ire confined tor to small lards It Is itIs a II good plan pinn to supply one OTle to one and n It half pounds of lawn oats outs alfalfa rn rare e re r e or pieces of my any kind of green reen grain braiD crop to each snicks hUe they are from eight to ten weeks old The amount must be lucre the as chicks get older One hundred hens usually re- re require re require quire from sl sly six to se cn pounds ot of Green breen tee feed a n day sect I ext years r e s profits will I II depend on how well ell the growing grossing gro log stock tok is de One of the strict requirements for a poultry business Is to fur tur- furnish furnish nish a sufficient quantity of the right I lad Ind of feed teed to make malc flesh mu muscle cle and bone and to supply energy for the bro chicks In addition they need clean dry dr quarters fresh water mile ide The Tile green feed is also important Important tant though It Is oftentimes over over- overlooked overlooked looked says Mr 11 Parrish He lie then tint that the brooder house be kept clean clenn and find all droppings remore removed 1 at least leist Ie 1st t twice tIce Ice each week sleek Mr l Parrish says sa s that the poultry I business s of orth Borth rth Carolina Is growing rapidly About 00 per cent of the I farms in the time state elate now have hare poultry on them mod ind the new Interest In ID blood testing Is assuring growers of healthy chicks from rom the time hatcheries and breed breed- breedIn breeding breeding In ing locks flocks floch More lore than hens will III be blood tested next fall and win wintel winter tel ter according to applications which e hale e been e for or this tills work dur dur- dur- dur during mug ing the p pet mst et few weeks All of this sho shows s a n mOl mote moie e intelligent interest is In Inthe lothe the poultry business says Mr 1111 Parrish |