The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-01-21
Chickens ana Garden,

it is an OLD saying that cnlckens
and garden do not go together, and
taken as meant, nothing is more OBJ
viously true. But the two may exist
and thrive simultaneously on the
same premises to good advantage. He
who owns small piece of ground or
has one under his direct supervision
may obtain from the garden large
percentage Of the support of lot of
hens upon what would otherwise be
waste. AS to the construction and
hygienic arrangement of a small poul-
try yard. refer you to articles which
appear from time to time in these
columns.
The logic of economy is, or should
be, an absorbing theme for each MEM
Der Of the average family, anG Is al
ways recognized as an item Of the
basis of thrift. There are many edible
portions of garden "off falls" that are
real relishes for fowls, but they are
usually Consigned to the dump.
Onions intended to mature dry
bulbs for winter are improved in size
and tissue by occasionally clipping the
freshly fallen tops or blades. There
is no finer luncheon for fowls than
these.
The juicy young plants drawn from
rows of radish, cabbage, lettuce, spin
ach and corn at thinning time are
good appetizers. The simplest change
in diet or addition to the customary
rations quickly shows a remarkable
increase of egg production. Stalks of
cabbage shorn of their heads, and of
corn ain joint accidentally or other
wise broken off, should be collected
and carried to the poultry pen while
fresh. Poorly filled roasting ears re-
jected for table are splendid raw feed
for chickens.
Nubbins of sugar corn permitted to
ripen make a most excellent winter
food, 1t is interesting to watch the
hens select the grains of sugar corn
from among the grains of field corn
fed at the same time. The fodder
save every blade of it! The chickens
will eat it all, and it is very bene-
fetal when fed along with the more
concentrated foods in winter
Drop sunfiower seeds in the miss
ing hills Of early corn and potatoes,
etc., and harvest in the autumn for
feeding purposes at Noting time.
The small potatoes rejected in the
patch at digging time measure UP as
tonishingly, and when cooked make a
staple ingredient for the bran mash
on cold mornings Turnips, like po-
tatoes, are not only nutritious, but
help to counterfeit the i'll effects of
too much grain, and should be treated
like potatoes for the warm mash
After digging time little corner of
the early potato patch will raise
enough turnips for both family and
chickens.
When your fowls seem cloy or in
different to their feed, make up a
menu from the garden and observe
how quickly new life seizes upon the
whole flock.
Have care. May you not be Is
economical as the millionaire poric
packer who boasts that nothing is
lost Of the pig except the 'squeal?'
Economy is the keynote Of success in
business. Economy to fault is bet
ter than penury. A few hens, how
ever, will not make you rich, but if
you have chickens. and also a garden,
remember that 1t is possible for you
to save many an order for feed, and
supplant it with articles better than
any compound sacked up and offered
to you on the market at a fabulous
price. IL. g. Seal, in Farm and Fire
side.