Show ALFALFA FEED FOR CHICKE JS Proves Most Satisfactory and Best During Vinter Months l Hy ny NE XE Serice Sen Sn 1 Ice COLUMBUS 0 Oct Feed 2 Feed In ing trials conducted at use llie Ohio State experiment tion sta-tion ty Ly D C Kennard and L B Nettleton ghow that legume hll hays hay are ari cur cur- cur favorable for green feed teed In the poultry diet Green Iced feed or Its equivalent alent la Is laone Isone Isone one of the tho most vital fart parts ot of the anion arton for chickens chicken It Is ad- ad ad mUted But that Is just he ho put part of the poultry diet that farmers find greatest difficult difficulty In provid provid- providing ll lag ing In summer the best bOlt solution to the tho green ereen feed problem Is a big range ranc But nut the bl big bis problem Is during the winter Inter months when lh the supply of or green feed Is I limit limit- limited limited limited ed and difficult to store tor In their experiments I and Nettleton produced the thC high high- highest e est t winter Inter egg production ot of the ho rations the they used u ed when they suI- suI sob sob- sub substituted alfalfa alfalla hay for green feed Soybean hay also alo al o gave ga goo good l results Feeding this to pullets they found the tb bird laid specially especially welt well and their mortality was ivas low It would seem from these the re- re results re results suIts that high quality green leafy alfalfa red clover or soy soy- soybean soybean soybean bean hay liay may be effectively sub sub- diluted for tor succulent grien er gr cn n feed especially during the fall and nd winter Inter m months they conclude A A satisfactory way ay Is Isto to cut the hay bay In Inch halt lengths by byI bypassing I passing It through a cutter r r This can then ho be b put Into a are a wre re wr net net- nettinG netting tine net tinG basket fee feeder and k kept pt be- be before before be before fore the tho th birds all the time lime Or the th hay bay without beIng ben cut can be b fed In suitable wall racks with Ith the th front by lath or wire netting Another method Is I to tie ll li a lion hun bundle die dle of ot the hay with a small rope and suspend It from th HI tin coiling ceiling the center of or th the Is 10 Inches above o Iho tho floor I |