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Show -1 GREEN' FOOD IN THE WINTER Turnips Cabbage, Beets and All 8uch Vegetables Furnish Change Which All Fowto Appreciate. During spring, summer and fall it la not difficult to supply a variety of green food for fowls, ua any kind of tender growing vogotatlon is relished by them, but when cold weather sots In It is vory different, and things must bo set asldo during the fall season. sea-son. Turnips, cabbago, beotB nnd alt such vegetables mako good food and furnish fur-nish a grateful change, which tho fowls appreciate. Of all tho vegetables wo havo had the host results with cabbage. It Is usually cheap in tho fall and woll into tho wintor. Wo havo paid as much as G cents per head for it bocauso wo realize that it is to our adnntago to. supply tho green food to the fowls. Tho cost is u small Item, for ono head vlll supply six bona for a vjek or ten days. It is our custom to suspend tho head so that tho fowls will bo forced to jump a llttlo to get a blto. It Is left hanging for two hours each day, and tlion is taken down for two reasons: First, to prevent tho fowls from eating eat-ing too much and becoming looso In tho bowels and, second, for tho sake of economy. rosslbly sprouted grain will bi found much cheaper than cabbage Wo always try to havo sprouted oats on hand to feed, but at times wo are caught without a thing In that Una to fcod. It la then that tho cabbage comes to tho rescue. The best placo to sprout the oats In wintor Ib in a warm cellar or cave. Do not attompt to Bprout In tho barn, for tho chancoa aro that It will novor sprout. It takes a tomperaturo of about SO degrees to sprout tho grain to tho best advantage. |