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Show GRASS CLIPPINGS FOR HENS Poultry Flock Often Lacks Sufficient Green Feed With Consequent Loss of Eggs. (From the United States Department of Agriculture.) Grass clippings are an excellent green feed for chickens. The backyard back-yard poultry flock of a family often lacks sufficient green feed with a consequent con-sequent reduction of egg and meat production. pro-duction. With the easy availability of lawn clippings the city poultryman can always have green feed through the summer for his chickens. The flock-can flock-can be fed daily as much of the green clippings as they will eat. If any continued con-tinued bowel trouble shows, the amount should be. reduced. The remainder re-mainder of the clippings can be allowed al-lowed to dry and fed moistened during the time between lawn cuttings. Amounts in excess can be dried for winter use. Dried grass clippings are a good green feed for winter. They can he dried and stored in sacks. These dried clippings, moistened and fed to the flock, are a very fair sub- i stitute for the succulent green feeds ' of summer. |