Show LEGUMES USEFUL AS GRAIN FEED each hen could profitably use pound of hay daily the ohio experiment station has haa done some valuable work in testing out the use of alfalfa clover and soy liean bean hay as substitutes for green feed for the laying flock they found that each bird could make profitable use of about one pound of leafy fine steni stemmed nied thay per month the liay hay should not be coarse or contain a high per cent of crude fiber it Is nearly always possible to get at least a limited amount of such hay from the last cutting of alfalfa or the second cutting of clover A considerable number of farmers are cutting a small portion of their alfalfa late in the fall after the removal of the last regular crop the least mature of the soy beans beana when they have been cut for hay bay are equally satisfactory these ohio tests indicate that these three alfalfa red clover and soy beans are equally valuable it if cut and cured properly in these tests the feeding of the hay in hoops of poultry netting was found to be very satisfactory is cutting the hay bay in n half inch lengths made the feeding easier and the liens hens atenio ate more re A silage cutter or teed feed chopper can be used to cut the hay bay the shatter smatterings ings that accumulate where the alfalfa or clover clove r Is handled in feeding the cattle or other livo live stock Is equally valuable it if the hay Is of good quality and not injured by weathering or heating in barn or stack alfalfa meal made f from roni green liay bay in the mash or fed as aa a separate part of the ration Is another green feed substitute |