Show GROWING CHICKENS NEED GREEN FEED giving them free range on alfalfa Is favored the ideal conditions under which to raise a flock of growing chicks Is to allow them free range on a field of alfalfa not every can do this says C Q F parrish extension at the north carolina state college where it Is impossible the should see to it that his chicks get some green feed each day green feed Is essential where the chicks are confined to small yards it la Is a good plan to supply one to one and a half pounds of lawn clippings oats alfalfa rape rye or short pieces of tiny any kind bind of green groin grain crop to each chinks while they are from eight to ten weeks old the amount must be increased ns as the chicks get older one hundred liens usually re A 4 quire from six to seven pounds ot LJ L green J teed feed a day next gears profits will depend on bow well the growing stock Is developed one of the strict requirements for a profitable poultry business Is to furnish a sufficient quantity of the right kind of feed to make flesh muscle and bone and to supply energy for the growing chicks in addition they need lean clean dry quarters fresh water alij shade the green feed is also important though it is oftentimes overlooked says mr parrish ne 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 is growing rapidly about 90 per cent of the farms in the state now have poultry on them and the new interest in blood testing is assuring growers of healthy chicks from the hatcheries and breeding flocks more than hens will be blood tested next nest fall and winter according to applications which have been received tor for this work during the past few weeks all of this shows a more intelligent interest la in the poultry business says mr parrish |