| Show 1 MANGELS ARE GOOD WINTER HEN FEED rJ-i rJ rJ J Beet Family Crop That Will WillBe WillBe Be Great Help Dy vo A Som Romero rill rat ape or oC o W tY U bt rv e Green succulent feeds feed s soulI be by chick chickens HIS elms during the Hie winter months kin cn be cash easily and cheaply produced by dl a portion of the firm rm Barden to mangel Although succulent feed m ty lY not be classed as an nn e In poul try poultry production many farmers hite h found that such a winter supple Ie meat ment nd adds to the ration and by v whetting the birds appetites appetite In Indirect Indirectly direct directly encourages greater grenter egg pro Mangels rill Ill supply this sinter Inter feculence quite toril Tile llie are easily grown yield tremendously and may be stored v situ Ith little Inconvenience Marvels Mangels belon belong to the beet family and should hould be bo raised In to the same m as DS the fall beet crop The TIte seed be sown corn 0 n late dropping I the seC seeds nt at the rate of oC sl sir to eIght to the foot I ater the plants should I Ie t o e thinned thInnell out to from Crom el eight ht to twelve Inches apart Generally there are neither Insect in nor i enemies serious enough h to demand con Time The roots of m do not mil m a 0 much grO growth grOth th until the cool weather er of lire irate September and Ol v when hen the begin to exp nd and In to surprising length An individual root often weighs from tl the tle e to eight pounds louns while yields of 1 12 to 20 O tons to the acre are arc common A foot row will usually usually usually ally supply enough mangels for Cor n flock of GO W ens durin during an en cn entire tire winter I |
