Show FARM TOPICS la PASTURE GOOD FOR HENS DUCKS PIGS turkeys also improve when allowed greens by prof D B johnstone wallace agronomy dept cornell comell university service Servi cef pastures have so long been associated with dairy stock that the value of pastures for other kinds of live stock such as hens ducks geese turkeys fattening cattle sheep horses and pigs is often for gotten young birds depend on something similar to milk in early growth and the value of milk i in n their diet in later life is well known young cattle sheep horses and pigs depend on milk for their ea early aly support and growth perhaps the nearest approach to milk in its chemical composition is young leafy pasture herbage from a good pasture such material is not the equivalent of hay and water but rather ather r the equivalent of a concentrated dairy or poultry feed and water turkey growers should find the use of pasture helpful when the amount of milk fed to turkeys is considered it becomes evident that turkey growers are missing a fine opportunity it if they do not use pasture herbage instead of milk which is so largely produced from it turkey growers in the west and midwest have been using pasture for some time and thus have been able to compete successfully with new york turkey growers |