Show I T Topics FARM II PASTURE GOOD FOR HENS DUCKS PIGS Turkeys Also Improve if Allowed Greens By tot D B Johnstone Wallace ACton Agron- Agronomy omy Dept Cornell University Service Pastures have so long been asso- asso associated elated with dairy stock that the value of pastures for other kinds ot of live stock such as hens ducks geese turkeys fattening cattle sheep horses and pl pigs s Is often tor for for- forgotten gotten Young birds depend on something similar to milk In early growth and the value of mIlk in their diet In later lire life is well known kno Young cattle sheep horses and pigs de de- de depend pend on milk for their early support and growth Perhaps the nearest approach to milk in its chemical composItion Is young leafy pasture herbage from froma a good pasture Such material is not the equivalent of hay and wa- wa water ter but rather the equivalent of a concentrated dairy or poultry feed and water Turkey growers should find the use of pasture helpful When the amount of milk fed to turkeys is consIdered it becomes evident that turkey growers are missing a fine opportunity it if they do not use pas pas- pasture ture turc herbage Instead of milk whIch is so largely produced from It Turkey growers in n the West and Midwest have been using pasture for tor some time and thus have been able to compete successfully with New York turkey growers |