268 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



meat, scrap is available and this takes their place 

 to a great extent. Many other grains are fed to 

 poultry with good success. It is not so much the 

 kind of grain as the availability. Local grains and 

 feeding stuffs share with the standard ones in all 

 sections both in efficiency and popularity. 



Green Feeds. Lack of green food invariably af- 

 fects egg production unfavorably. When flocks 



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THE DOUBLE-YARDING SYSTEM 



While the flock runs in one yard, rye, turnips, rape, or other green stuff 

 is grown in the other, both to sweeten the ground and to supply forage 

 for the fowls. 



are at range they secure abundance, but flocks 

 in yards and in winter quarters must be supplied. 

 Green food may be fed at all times without stint. 

 Among the best feeds are clover, alfalfa, grass, 

 vetches, rape, rye, mangels, kale, cabbages, sugar 

 beets, and turnips. 



During the winter cabbage is especially useful. 

 Root crops are good also. The leaves and broken 

 heads from the hay mow may be steamed if de- 

 sired. Kale and alfalfa contain large amounts of 



