Show LEGUMES USEFUL AS GRAIN FEED each hen could uc use pound of hay dail the ohio experiment station has done o 0 some valuable Tala able work in teat ins ing out the use of alfalfa closer tod and soy ajr bean hay ai as substitute for green acen feed for the laang la ing flock dock they found that each bird could make prod table we use of about one pound of leafy flue one stemmed bright hay bay per month the buy boy should not be chorse or contain a it high per cent of crude fiber aber it if Is nearly possible pos elble it t get at least a limited amount ot of uch hay boy from the last lost cutting of alfalfa or the second cutting of dole cloie A considerable number of farmer farmers are cutting a mall small portion of their alfalfa late in to tho the fall after the removal of the lait liast regu regla lar crop the feast least mature 0 ot the soy boy bean beans when they have been beta cut cat for bay boy are equally satisfactory these ohio testa tests indicate that these three al alfalfa fafa red clow clover and land BOY oy beans are equally valuable if it cut and cured properly in these tests the feeding of the bay nay in hooli hoop of poultry netting was found to be very satisfactory getting the hay in L lengths made the feeding easier and the beci hers ate more A silage cutter or feed chopper can be used to cut the bay boy the shatter battering logs that accumulate where the alfalfa or clover la is handled in feeding the cattle or other live stock Is equally val valuable gible if the bay boy Is of cool quality and not injured by weathering ji or heat best log lag la n barn or stack alfalfa meal made from green hay li tbt lh or fed 3 a separate pirt ot of the ration Is another green feed substitute sti tute litter not desirable place for grain feed experimental work at tit several eta cons as well as the practical experience of a large number of poultry L keepers prove that h bens ens do cot mot need to hunt in the titter sitter for their feed in to order to lay well yell more and more people are feeding the whole and cracked grain to the poultry Y ta in troughs to keep it cleaner aba ban it would bo be it 11 scattered in to the utter litter Is highly desirable in la a poultry boune during durin the time that the flock dock Is kept confined nf ined but its virtue Is in keeping the feet dean clean er the floor door drips and more easily cleaned and the house winner wamer than when no litter Is used and not to furnish a place to bido the grain grale feed some grain will be dipped in the straw or naff or shredded fodder or peat moss mom even though vou coughs hs ere are used and the hen bent will vill sarach tor for it but deliberately scat etring the grain in the litter unless there there Is no container mil trall able serves no useful purpose avoid fattening ret 44 for geese during winter geese may be fed cheaply ID in win ter time using and clover dover hays bays root crops cooked potatoes with a little corn meal bran and r idd lings and served wet they raould hare bare a 11 little sand added to this mash I 1 per cent of fine one sharp clean sand in all the masi fed they could have a little corn but of not much because corn and grain fatten geese when spring comes you will find and them too fat tat and they do not lay as well and the aggi if it they do lay do not batch very well As a it general thing they mate mafe in pairs though a gandt will sometimes mate dab more than one goose goom POULTRY HINTS it Is gool good business to hatch batch hicks early 0 0 S male ards rith large combs are most ost apt in to become frosted after they ar or ret in hauling eg eggs s to the market martel do not empoe them to the direct rays of the sun the poultry dock flock must mut be properly fed in order that a good job of lulling culling may be done A standard incubator which will successfully hatch chicken eggs should hatch batch the turkey egg eggs alth ath equal success many have beta been used successfully where they are to be old sold as green duck ducks at ten to in elve week acet the young ducks are asti cs 14 sy sal tot allowed to range but are fed bearly beav ly from the first the beginner should not expect too much from an incubator many experienced try men arp are satisfied isfried alti an average of SO 50 pe per cent batches for the season 0 0 often ducks make a vey dis agreeable around the drinking fountain A lood device to prevent ducklings biorn formin a puddle Is a wire ire bovere co vere I 1 fr frame ime 0 all parts of uie the incubator should be thoroughly lv cleaned and bisin fectea one per cent formallo for milla malla can be used then thea level leel the machine and regulate carefully to the desired 0 0 0 7 raisers not being fortu nate note to hava hav clover alfalfa cr or other green feed or those Til wishing shIng to plant green peen feed for afo I 1 b n their poultry runs ran will cud end ali dan grass very verl food rood |