Show GROWING CHICKENS NEED GREEN FEED giving them free range on alfalfa Is favored the ideal conditions under which to raise a flock of growing chicks Is to al low them free range on a field of alfalfa not every can do this says C r extension poultry raan at the north carolina state col 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 are to small yards it is n good plan to supply one to one and a half pounds of lawn clippings oats alfalfa rape rye or short pieces of any kind of green grain crop to each while they are from eight to ten weeks old the amount must be increased as the chicks get older one hundred hens usually re quire from six to seven pounds 0 green feed a day next gears profits will depend on how well the growing stock Is developed one of the strict requirements for a profitable poultry business Is to furnish a sufficient quantity of the right kind of feed to make flesh muscle and bone and to supply energy for the growing chicks in addition they need clean dry quarters fresh water aal shade the green feed is also important though it Is oftentimes overlooked says sir parrish he then suggests that the brooder house be kept clean and all droppings removed at least twice each mr parrish says that the poultry business of north carolina Is growing rapidly about 80 per cent of the farms in the detate now have poultry on them and the new interest in blood testing Is assuring growers of healthy chicks from the hatcheries and breeding flocks more than hens will be blood tested next fall and winter according to applications which have been received tor this work during the past few weeks all of this shows a more intelligent interest in the poultry business says mr parrish icario boosting roosting Ro should be taught to chicks early ro should be encouraged the sooner the chacks are on the roost the sooner the poultry mans troubles are over boosts roosts should be placed on the two sides and rear of the brooder house the roost elevated one foot from the floor the may be hinged at the rear of the house two by two inch material Is very satisfactory providing the edges are rounded off the boosts roosts should be 10 inches apart one half inch mesh chick netting should be placed underneath the boosts roosts in order to force the chicks up on the toasts and to prevent them from crowding in tha corners under the table scraps are good for all poultry flocks table scraps and waste food products make more or less of a balanced ration tor a small flock of farm hens alien combined with scratch grain but be careful about feeding the hens any spoiled canned goods or moldy feed such materials may cause some of the losses that are blamed on disease and it pays test to use a laying mash even if the bens have plenty of table scraps they will usually eat the scraps first but the balanced mash will be there when the other materials are lacking hens seem to have few digestible troubles when they have the dry mash containing bran and easily digested ground grains poultry notes si artificial hitching Is practiced al most exclusively where turkey raising Is engaged in on a large scale sanitation can and will keep mortality well below 10 per cent in the flock although 15 to 20 per cent has been accepted as about the usual thing in many sections keep eggs infertile and you can kep them longer kill or sell cockerell cockerels cocker els att er the hatching season Is over are the hens boulting moul ting now sell them while the price is still good the kind of feed to give your flock furnishes much food for thought now Is the time to determine it yon are to need new cockerell cockerels cocker els in the breed ing pens next year you will have a larger group from which to select a usually lower prices in the fall all brooder houses should be cheanea before placing chicks b them anu cleaned at least once each week t after i egg may be preserved in water glass while they are cheap an w when prices go up or bens laving before the pullets begin they should be fully mature and we fleshed it la advisable to teed a eral amount of grain now in build up a surplus of flesh |