Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-28
FOR POULTRY.
Green Fesds t5slps Esa presdesion
 and lIs EsssntiaI. ts Hsslth ef FIsst. :.


 As good dairymen come to recoEnize the value of ensilage in the production of milk. so the good pouitryman rec ognizes the value of Succuient green obtain the highest possible prodnctien in eggs. There are several formg 1n' which green feed may be given to the poultry The cheapest and most 6nt- isfacto tory for poaitryrnen who have thu | in the form of 'snangef Deets or Cab page.e sCapbage is probably a little snore desirable becarse 1t is better rslisned by the fowls and a little ;.igter in the amount of actual pro- therc are many plots of cabbzxe Ia ltne county that are oaly partly froWn and not suitable for market and poultrymen should now be on the lookout for these opportunities for pnTsen1asing ca6oags at low rate feed during the coming winter.
 | Ire poultryman rho. has grown a suffcient number of nanrel -beets' ito 1 supply his flock during the winter ,is yery Fortunate becanse they keep ! cuaztity Of them, Suecuient green ! feeds are necessary Tor Che hens, green feeds are necessary for the hens. not because of the food value which they contain, but becAdse of s5e fact II ak tho birds in. good physiesl condition. ! They should -be fed i1 as large guam titles as the birds will eat them and if led judiciousiys they win take the place of considerapae amount of It IS especially important thaf breeding stock which fs to be used next spring for laying egKs for hatch- ing should be provided with an un- limited amount of green food, because this noek must above everythinS else, be kept in the highest physical condi- ton, Egge.can be obtained from hens ! without succulept green food but ii Is at the, expense of the bir0s' vitality, and win affect the total .egg produc- ton for the year. and the mortality oi | cIEyer or alfalfa meal cannot b, substituted for the real suceuIeni green food because they do not con- tain the natural vegetable juices. Al lfalfs meal is foo expensive to be oi clover lawn -ciippsnss ana seeone growth may be kept before the bird, and they win relish cousiderubls amount of it. Dried beet pulp moist ened with warm water may be used iother green feeds, bot it will not b, as satisfactory and many fowls do no Hike It. - o-r
 | Sprcuted oats in the past few year.
 have received a considerable amoun Iof notortety as a green feed for poui. try When oats are low In price ant high in quality and Opportunities fol isprDuting in a warm room are pro lvtded. this may be a cheap and profit
 able feed. but under ordinary farm
 conditions 1t is very much of a ques
 ton whether this Is the cheapest O
 green food.
 The best time 10 feed the green foo, Is about 10 o'clock In the morning Cabbage may be- Suspended about |
 Inches above the ground in order tfia the fens may pick at it througho1 the rest of the day. Mangel beet may be put on hooks or nails on tn side Of the wall about a foot from tn
 ground. or they may be .thFo~n in th Hitter and~the hens win clean them ul
 readily. Care should always be takei
 that the hens clean up all the gree . feed before the afternon feed O
 scratch grain. because. as in the feed
 ing of all animals. if they are 'alloge to leave food of any Kind each da ] they will eat les and fe of It and 1 will be difficult to make them regal !, their appetite for thai particular fooS