| Show d u s J WINTER GREENS FOR FOWLS Cabbages Turnips Beets Potatoes Potatoe's Etc Are Suitable Feeds for Cold Weather Prepared by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture If the best results are to be b obtained with poultry they must be furnished with a plentiful supply of green feed Where fowls have unlimited range on ona ona ona a farm they will secure green feed during the spring but during the winter winter winter win win- ter It must be supplied for them The question of how to supply the best feed at the least cost is one that each cach poultry keeper must decide largely for himself It will probably make but little difference lence what kind of green feed Is supplied provided It Is relished by the fowls Cabbages turnips beets potatoes etc are suitable for this purpose The larger roots and the cabbages s may be suspended by means menns of a wire or string or they may he be placed on the floor in which Yn i s dM b 9 I wo W r 1 f 17 I Provide Plenty of Winter Succulence I for the Flock case It would be well weIl to split the turnips turnips tur- tur nips or be beets ts lengthwise with a large knife Potatoes and turnips should be beted ted red cooked The mangel Is an nn excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent root for feeding raw Cut clover soaked in boiling water fed alone or with the tho mash Is good Clover meal mealand mealand and ground alfalfa make nake very good feeds feds for this purpose Where the fowls are yarded and not enough green feed is furnished by the yard yarda a small patch of clover alfalfa or rape may be sown 50 Any Anyone one of these If frequently mowed will furnish a great quantity of green feed In a form which is relished by the fowls Canada Canada Can Can- ada field peas may also be sown for this purpose and when fed In a tender tender tender ten ten- der crisp condition are arc eaten readily Rye is a good crop for late fall and early spring for It will germinate and grow in very cold weather and will live through the winter |
