Show faa GREEN FEED BIG WINTER DEMAND increases egg production and Is profitable green feed added to the laying gayln g hens hena ration in winter has increased egg production on and has proven profitable wherever r used when tile the green feed pasture Is exhausted with the coming of frost and cold weather it Is then necessary for the poultry man inan to such feed recommends 0 F V parrish poultry extension specialist at the north Carb carolina lina state college there la Is a wide vide variety of feeds that may be used to avoid monotony rape alfalfa oats clovers wheat rye barley mangels and other feeds may be used sprouted oats anre also used effectively by some some growers the oats are fed when the sprout Is about three inches long longland and make an excellent succulent to supplement ent the scratch grain and mash mr marrish says that it Is not difficult cuatto to build a homemade home made bet oat all that Is needed ii 14 a number of trays with holes punched in the bottom to allow excess water to escape the seed oats are spread thinly over the trays to prevent the formation of mold growths sprouted oats secured in this manner are fed at the rate of from one to two ounces per day per hen A good producing hen will consume from 25 to SO 30 pounds of this feed tit in a winter hanging cabbage 18 inches from the floor will afford the laying hen needed exercise ma cria wilt will give hir her the succulent green hed feed needed beets may be used tho the se same me way when it la is impossible to supply green feed cod liver ilver colimay oil may be mixed with the nash or grain ration to supply the he same food elements in mixing this oil with the feed mr air par crisli suggests that a small amount of the thel feed be taken and the alic cod liver allver oil worked in thoroughly an 3 this used as asa a stock mixture with the remain Ing ingwood food due pint if the oil to each pounds of feed Is 2 enough to use |