Show PLANT GREEN FEED FOR HENS RATION advance planning leads to more profit by L if black extension roul tryman new jersey imato slate college of agriculture service lCt in recent years the craving of poultry for tender green morsels has no not t been satisfied mainly because poultry men found it easier to purchase a sack of dried alfalfa meal and incorporate it in their feed mixtures by so doing the labor of feeding the flock was reduced and hours of toil in the broiling sun have been averted but have the birds been satisfied with the change in practice anyone who has offered green plant food to chickens knows that the offering was aage eagerly aly accepted and that it served to awaken new evidences of energy in the flock besides promoting activity green and succulent feed off offers ers natural plant juices that tend to whet appetites pet ites bulk that aids digestion minerals and vitamins that may be essential in the proper nutrition of birds surely these are sufficient reasons for taking pains to provide an adequate supply for both layers and growing birds throughout their lives furthermore poultry men are agreed that modern commercial practice tends to increase the percentage mortality in adult flocks without question a daily feeding of some green or succulent feed would tend to keep the mortality problem under control A little planning and some work may be necessary to supply this portion of a poultry flocks ration but one seasons endeavor to do so will convince even the most easygoing easy going that his efforts were well expended and responsible for reducing losses and increasing profits |