. Poultry for the farm and home. Feeding part of the grain inground form lowers the cosl offeed and enables the hens to oaland digest more. The grainmash can be fed either wet ordry. A dry mash fed in a hop-per saves labor, and can be keptbefore the hens all the lime. Courtesy i\. \ . Exp. St^UoD An outdoor hopper for sum-mer feeding. Better feeding inthe early summer months -wiUprolong the spring egg-layingperiod. Many farm hens stoplaying early because they cantglean enough grain and weedseed or chase enough insects andworms to furnish the fat andprotein for egg production. GKEEN FEED NECESS
. Poultry for the farm and home. Feeding part of the grain inground form lowers the cosl offeed and enables the hens to oaland digest more. The grainmash can be fed either wet ordry. A dry mash fed in a hop-per saves labor, and can be keptbefore the hens all the lime. Courtesy i\. \ . Exp. St^UoD An outdoor hopper for sum-mer feeding. Better feeding inthe early summer months -wiUprolong the spring egg-layingperiod. Many farm hens stoplaying early because they cantglean enough grain and weedseed or chase enough insects andworms to furnish the fat andprotein for egg production. GKEEN FEED NECESSAUY 29. fewer eggs, and the hens will probably have diseased egg the north it is difficult to supply water in the winter but some way or other it can and must be done. Non-freezing drink-ing fountains are supplied bymany of the poultry supplyhouses. ^, , ., , Green Feed. All hens Mangels are easily grown and eas- <? i n i • ily stored. They provide at small need green teed all tlje time. cost an abundance of green food. [^ ^qq^^ the digestive tract in good condition and furnishes certain egg-making materials (vita-mines) that can be secured from nothing but green feed or milk. On farms the best greenfeeds for winter are mangelbeets, cabbage, chopped alfalfaand clover hay, or alfalfa meal. Mangels are easily grownand easily stored. Clover andalfalfa not only furnish greenfeed and vegetable proteinbut they furnish Ume in aneasily digested form.
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