Show BALANCED DIET IS BEST FOR POULTRY alfalfa leaf meal favol favored ed during winter ity by roy S dearstyne head north carolina sta stale t c college poultry department service Poultry men find it harder to give their birds a well balanced diet in cold weather when little it if any green feed is available even it if some green feed is available the birds usually do not have access to it as most ot of them will be confined in houses to protect them against severe cold to keep birds in good health and to maintain egg production add rive five per cent dehydrated alfalfa leal leaf meal to their mash keep a close check on the body weight of layers as heavy autumn egg production tends to drain their weight and vitality give more scratch feeds if they are under weight but reduce the amount of scratch feed it if they are too fat excess fat is not good for the birds neither is it advisable to waste money on overfeed ing it is not too early to start thinking about next years feeding program it if you have land suitable for growing scratch feeds plan to raise your own and save the expense of 0 buying it this will increase your profits this past years high prices s should hould point out more strongly than before the importance of producing I 1 scratch teed feed at home when possible are you satis satisfied fled with the performance for mance of your flock if not plan to replace your birds with better stock in many instances poultry men will step out ahead if they do no breeding from their present flocks but replace their birds in the spring with highly bred chicks from a reliable source |