| Show L ff now arf GROWING URO WING CHICKENS NEED GREEN FEED giving them free range on alfalfa Is favored the ideal conditions under which to raise a flock of growing chicks la Is to allow them free range on a field of alfalfa fa I 1 fa not every can do this says C F parrish extension poultry man at the North carolina state college where it is impossible the tha should see to it that hla his chicks get some green feed each day green feed Is essential where the chicks are confined to small yards it Is it good plan to supply one to one and a half pounds of lawn clippings oats alfalfa rape rye or short pieces of any kind of green grain gerain crop to each chicks while they are from eight to ten weeks old the amount must be increased as the chicks get older one hundred hens usually require from six to seven pounds of green feed a day next years profits will depend on how well the growing stock Is developed aa one of the strict requirements for a profitable poultry business Is to furnish a sufficient clent quantity of the right kind of feed to make flesh muscle and bone and to supply energy tor for the growing chicks in addition they need clean dry quarters fresh water aej shade the green teed feed Is also important though it is oftentimes overlooked says mr parrish ue he then suggests that the brooder house be kept clean and all droppings removed at least twice each week mr parrish says that the poultry business of north carolina ls la growing rapidly about 90 per cent of the fat daims ms in the state now have poultry on them and the new interest in blood testing Is assuring growers of healthy hicks chicks c arom from the hatcheries and breeding flocks more than hens will be blood tested next fall and winter according to applications which have been received for this work during the past few weeks all of this shows a more intelligent interest in the poultry business says mr parrish |
