Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-06-08
HEN NEEOS SALAD D|SH;
GREEN FEEDS ESSENTIAL
Ii Birds Cannot Range Greens Must
BE Supplied Thcm-Hcre Are
the Crops Suitable fer This
Purposc and How TO
Grow Them.

Most folks agree that a good salad
needs chicken and the pou.,ry family
seems to be UNANIMOUS in the opinion
that good chickens need salad This
story is about chicken salad as hen
merry habitues think of it-assuming
that they do think.
During the spring and summer
months flock so located that it can
range does not need to have any green
feed supplied it. When the birds are
confined in a back yard or in any
other limited space where there is
little or no green material they will
not do their best unless supplied with
all the salad material they can eat
once a day.
The question of how to supply the
best feed at the least cost is one each
poultry keeper must decide largely
for himself. 1t probably makes little
difference what green feed is supplied
providing it is palatable. Glover,
alfalfa, rape, rye, oats. and Swiss
grown for this purpose. AS it is
necessary to shut the hens away from
the crop when it is growing, various
cropping plans are advocated. The
poultry specialists in the United States
Department of Agriculture recon-
mend three plans to fit varying condi-
ItiOns and localities.
Front and Back Alternate Plan.
Back mediterranean Blue grass
and clover or blue grass and alfalfa
in sod. To be used as a range while
crops are growing in the front yaro.
Large area desirable.
Front yard-Temporary crops.
November l to April l. Feed win
ter rye, vetch, crimson clover, etc.
April l to July /, grow rape, chard,
lettuce, buckwheat.
July and August. Feed.
September I to November 1. Grow
winter rye, vetch, crimson clover, etc.
Temporary Crops in Both Yards.
Where it is thought best to grow
temporary crops in both poultry yards
the following rotation is an excellent
one in some localities:
March l to April 80. Yard A. Peas
and oats. Yard B. Feeding.
April 80 to May IS. Yard A. Feed
ing. Yard B. Peas and barley
May Is to June Is. Yard A.
Dwarf Essex. Yard B. Feeding.
June Is to July 10. Yard A. Feed
ing. Yard B. Buckwheat and oats.
July l to August /. Yard A.
Buckwheat. Yard b. Feeding.
August l to August 20. Yard "A.
Feeding. Yard b. Cow peas and mill
let.
August 20 to September 20. Yard
A. Rye, vetch, and clover. Yard B.
Feeding. "'N
September 20 to December /. Yard
A. Feeding Yard B. Rye and
vetch.
Special care must be taken lest the
fowls return to- the yard to which
they have become accustomed.
The Third Plan.
In this cropping plan one Of the
suggested crops is to be grown in one
yard while crop is pastured in the
ALTERNATE yard. Crops should be
selected which will grow we'll in the
given district. The dates must be
modified for extreme north or south.
Yard From April to July should
be growing either oats, chard, lettuce.
clover, vetch, sunf1owers (shade and
seed. cow peas. or rape.
Yard Prom April to July flock
feeds on winter rye. winter vetch.
crimson clover New Jersey and
South, or sweet clover.
Yard From July l to October
Il should be growing either oats,
chard, lettuce, clover, vetch, cowpeas
or rape.
Yard From July to October
flock feeds on buckwheat, dwarf Es-
sex rape, or fiat turnips.
Yard From October / to April
1 should be growing oats, winter rye,
winter vetch, sweet clover, or crimson
Glover.
Yard From October / to April
II flock feeds on buckwheat, dwarf
Essex rape, fiat turnips, or beans.