Show I GROWING VING CHICKENS NEED GREEN FEED Giving Them Free Range on Alfalfa Is Favored The Ideal conditions under which to raise a flock lock of growing chIcks is to al- al allow allow al allow low them free range on n a field of ot al- al alfalfa al alfalfa falfa Not every can cnn do this says C C I F Parrish extension poultry poultry- man at the North Carolina State col- col college college col college lege Where It is impossible the should see to It that his chicks get some green feed each day Green feed Is essential Where the chIcks ire are confined to small yards It ItIs itis ItIs Is II a good plan to supply one to one und and n half halt pounds of lawn clippings s outs alfalfa rape r rye e or short pieces of any kind of ot green groIn crop to each ellch chicks while they are arc from eight to ten weeks old The amount must he Increased as the chicks get older One hundred hens usually re- re require re require quire from six to seven se pounds ot of green feed a day Next years year's ears profits will depend on how well the growing stock Is developed eloped One of the strict requirements for a profitable poultry business Is to fur tur- furnish furnish nish n a sufficient quantity of ot the right kind of feed teed to make flesh muscle and bone and to supply energy for the chicks In addition they need clean dry quarters fresh water anti shade shalle The green feed Is also Important Important important tant though It is oftentimes over over- overlooked overlooked overlooked looked says Mr lr Parrish He Ile then sug suggests ests that the time brooder house be kept clean an and all nIl droppings removed nt at least twice each elch week reek Mr Parrish sa says s that the poultry busIness of North Carolina is growIng rapidly About 90 00 per cent of the I farms In the state elate now have poultry on 00 them and find the new Interest In blood testing Is assuring growers of or healthy chicks from the hatcheries and breed breed- breedIng breeding breeding ing flocks More than hens will be blood tested next fall tall and win win- winter winter winter ter according to applications which have been heen received for this work during dur dur- durIng during ing the past few weeks All of ot thIs I shows a more intelligent Interest In Inthe inthe inthe the poultry business says Mr Ir Parrish |