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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[May 3, 1920. 



Green Podder for Poultry all the Year Kound. 



" Please advise me as to suitable crops to sow in order to maintain a con- 

 stant supply of green feed for poultry thioughout the year," wrote a 

 Wetherill Park poultry farmer recently. The following table was compiled 

 in reply : — 



Crops sown according to the above table would provide fodder for poultry 



in the following months : — 



In the case of lucerne, clovers, rye, rape and Silver beet, repeated cuttings. 

 may be made ; these are allowed for in the table. The availability of these 

 feeds as shown above is to some extent contingent on rainfall or a good water 

 supply. In the case of poor soils, lucerne and clovers will do far better in 

 wide drills ; they should be topdressed with animal or poultry manure and 

 kept cultivated between the drills. Sweet clover is a new crop which i.s. 

 worth bringing under th(; notice of poultry farmers, for it undoubtedly does 

 l^etter in the poor soils (jf the metropolitan area than does lucerne. It 

 should not be cut too close to the ground, as the new growth comes from the 

 lower parts of the stem, and not fi-om the crown as with lucerne. Nor 

 should it be allowed to go too long without cutting as it becomes coarse. — 

 A. H. E. McDonald, Chief Inspector of Agriculture. 



" I HAVE received the literature .... and wish to thank vou for same ; 

 it deals with the subject in just the way I desired." — A recent recipient of 

 bulletins and pamphletB. 



