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Show i GREEN FEEDS ARE ESSENTIAL Good Varieties Aro Sprouted Oata, AL 1 falfa Meal, Clover Hay, Cabbages 1 and Mangel Beets. (Prepared by the United Btatca Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) 1 Green feeds should bo supplied to : hens confined In smnll yards, and, In-! In-! deed, to all hens during the winter. Free range or Inrge yards kept In 1 grass furnish Ideal conditions for green feed. Smnller yards should bo divided Into two parts, used alternately, alternate-ly, planting the vncnnt section two or ' three times yearly with n quick-grow-s Ing green crop, such ns rape, oats, t wheat, rye, or barley. This method furnishes green feed nnd helps to keep ! tho yards sweet and clean, which Is . an Important consideration, poultry I specialists of the United States Do-. Do-. partment of Agriculture say. r Good varieties of green feeds are . sprouted oats, alfalfa meal, chopped alfalfa nnd clover liny, cnbbnges and I mangel beets. In ordlnnry cellars cabbages cab-bages do not keep ns well ns mangel . beets, nnd should bo used up first. Cnbbnges mny be hung In tho poultry , house; tho beets nro usually split and stuck on n null on tho side wnll of the "' pen about a foot nbovo tho floor. Vegetables Vege-tables that havo been frozen can be ' thawed out and fed to fowls, but do 1 not keep well after thawing. Clover x nnd alfalfa may bo fed as liny, cut f Into one-qunrtcr or one-hnlf-lnch lengths, or they mny be In tho form of mcnl. Oats for sprouting aro soaked over- y night In wnter nnd spread out from I one to ono and one-half Inches thick on trays having perforated bottoms, nnd put Into nn ent sprouter. Stir the - oats dally until the roots nrc matted together. Keep tho oats moist by wo-; wo-; terlng them once a day. Artificial hent should bo supplied In cool weather. ., Use a good grade of oats and nllow n squnro Inch of sprouted-ont surface 3 for each hen dally, feeding these ) sprouted oats on the floor of the poultry poul-try houso or In tho yard. Feed at any t tlmo after tho sprouts are well start- nil tililfli itcilnlli (nL'na fprtm flvn trt S " "" "" ' "" ' " " 1 . -, I ; f mmmm BsaflBBBafeLsBI ' -"i; '"ik ' i tdSwEBBBiKiKaS' ii'-S r- .,, ,,,..,....... '(4. (I in PHRBBBBBSjKBfn9k JQ5J Jjw pssvMffifflffiBwSsgt3 p JEhI BKBRB j . , ".f-. ; Oats Sprouter furnishes Green Feed i- for Poultry Flock Tray on Top Contains Sprouted Oata Ready for Feeding. ( seven dnys. Keep tho sprouter clean ' nnd spray It occasionally with dlsln-fectnnt dlsln-fectnnt to prevent tho growth of mold spores. ' Keep pyster shell nnd grit before tho hens all the tlmo. Theso substances sub-stances nro nn Inexpensive but qulto r necessary part of tho ration. Hens ' will ent nboijt two pounds of oystep ' shell nnd about ono pound of grit each ' In n yenr. |