Show POULTRY RN RAISE POULTRY FEED BY HAVING TWO LOTS when open range la Is not available and liens hens must bo be confined wo we reco decoro mend the division of the lion lien yard I 1 uto into two lots lota so 0 o that men green food can bo be grown on one side while tile tho other patch la Is being grazed As aa soon as the green stuff Is two or three inches high the liens hens may be turned on it while tho the other inny bo be prepared and bowed sowed again TIM plan provides plenty lenty p of 0 green succulent teed feed throughout tile tho your year tor for the average form fann flock sooner or later we will have two or moro more such lots fenced in on our forms with tile hen liolis ce so placed with reference refe renco to convenience conven tonco for the caretaker lots lota containing nn an acro acre or more divided by fences and large enough to provide considerable pasturage for tho family faintly cow and a growing fieffer are very desirable for growing farm fann poultry the pigs should not be turned in however lio tor for as 8 it rule pigs and chickens do not go well together there are times when tile the poultry do some harm to some of the crops at or soon after planting time but after they have a n good start till i la Is not very often the case take corn tor for in i stance stan ce after it la Is a foot high fan and d from then on it la Is hard to find a better run for poultry they help work the crop destroy insects and the corn in turn furnishes tile much needed shade hawks by tile way can do little harm harin to birds on range in a corn held field tile green crops to bo be grown should be suited stilted to local conditions ns as well us to the proper time to plant in order to have a succession of green crops throughout the year there are times when these lots should not be grazed too close closely lyt but allowed to gt gat a fresh start so hero here Is where the other y yard ard comes in play birds cabbe can be shifted front from one to the other thus saving both pasture lots much longer thickly sown crops furnish succulent feed and summer shade from april I 1 to july I 1 on growing yard I 1 oats chard or lettuce clover or vetch sunflowers sun flowers campens cowpens cow com pens rope rape for feeding purposes on yard 2 winter whiter rye re winter vetch sweet clover and ant various other green clover crops from july 1 to october I 1 the oats chord and lettuce clover and cowpeas nod and rape on yard I 1 may bo be fed white buckwheat bucl wheat dwarf essex rape and flat turnips fire grown on yard 2 from october I 1 to april 1 the ibe growing crops on yard 1 should consist of oats winter rye winter vetch sweet clover and crimson clover while at the same time almo yard 2 could be grow ing buckwheat dwarf essex rape lot flat turnips and soy beans we in tills state ore are blessed with n climate that makes li it possible t to 0 have some green pasturage crop growing at all seasons it Is one of tile the very best and che cheapest cheales apes t foods for our pou poultry itry as well as other live stock allen alien 0 oliver in charge office of I 1 poultry extension north carolina state agricultural college |