Show RAISE POULTRY FEED BY HAVING TWO LOTS when lion open range Is not available and liens must bu be confined we decoln mend the division of tile the lien yard into two lots so that green food can bo be groan on one side bide whilo the other patch 14 I 1 being grazed As soon its as the green stuff Is two or three inches high tho lie lions liens may limy be turned on it while the other oilier lot may bo be prepared and again this pall pl I 1 in provides plenty of green succulent teed feed throughout tile year for the average farm hock flock sooner or inter wo we will have two or more such lots lota fenced in on our farms with the alio lion lien house so placed reference renco to conven leneA fur for tile caretaker lots containing tin nn here acre or more divided by fences and largo large enough to provide considerably considerable pasturage for the family cow and 11 growing heifer fire aro very desirable for growing farm 1 poultry ollita the alio pigs should not bo be turned in ill however for its as it a rule pigs find and chickens do not go 90 well together there tire are times when tile poultry do soule liaina to sonio sonic of bf tile crops crop at or soon titter after planting time but after they havo have a good st start art toils altia la Is not very often vic caso take corn for instance after it Is a foot high find and from froin then on it la Is hard to find it better run for poultry they helo work woric tile the crop destroy insects and the corn in turn furnishes tile much needed shade by tho the way can do little tiann harm to on range in ili ft corn field the green crops to bo be grown should be suited to local conditions ns as well a as to tile proper timo time to plant in order to have a succession of green crops throughout the year there are times when these lots lota should not be grazed too close closely lyp but allowed to got get a fresh freh start so here Is where the alie other yard jard comes in ploy alny birds can be shifted from one to tho them other thus saving both pasture lots lota much longer thickly sown crops crop s furnish succulent feed and summer shade from april 1 to july I 1 on growing yard 1 oats oata chard or lettuce clover or vetch sunflower cowpeas cow peas rape for feeding purposes on yard 2 winter rye winter vetch sweet clover and various other green clover crops P from rom july I 1 to october octoba r I 1 the oats chard and lettuce clover and vetch cowpeas and rave rape on yard 1 may be fed while buckwheat dwarf essex rapo rape and flat turnips are grown OIL on yard 2 2 V from rom october 1 to april I 1 the growing crops on yard I 1 should consist of oats oata winter rye winter vetch sweet clover and crimson clover while nt at the same time yard 2 could be growing buckwheat dwarf essex rape flat turnips and soy beans we in this state are arc bless edwith a climate that makes it PO possible sIbIo to have some green pasturage urage crop growing nt at all Ben bennona sona li it la Is one of the very best and cheapest foods for our poultry its as well its as othe kotlier r live stock allen alien 0 oliver in charge office of poultry Ext enlon north carolina state agricultural adl college |