Show Plenty of Green Feed for Hens Is Important The importance of plenty plent ot of green tee feed for hens has long been known and appreciated but the average farmer who keeps perhaps hens has been slow to snake make much ot of nn an to provide pro pro- vide Ide an anything like un an adequate supply for his hens during the winter months Th The poultry experts nt at Ohio state cx- cx station realizing that u a reg- reg regular ular supply ot of green Iced is difficult to obtain nt at least for a great man many farmers set out to find n a substitute Alfalfa red clover and soy soo bean hays has were tested out and all gave e a excellent ex- ex e results Almost every farmer can easily casily provide some one of these feeds for his hens and he wIll find It greatly to his advantage to do so The rhe hay should be be cut bre green n and wen well cured antI and it will be palatable to the hens only If It retains its grcen green color The rhe hens wIll eat cat more of It it If the bay Is cut Into short lengths but they will eat a large amount of uncut ha hay It has hns been customary on some farms to feed feed time the leafy scatterings of alfalfa and clover hn hays s 's that accumulate on the barn font floor indicating that some som people have appreciated the value ulue or of orthis this feed for n a Ion long time |