POULTRY iON. A TOWN LOT IOI 
chicks free range, it is best to confine the hen if 
the poultry plant is on a town lot. 
Sometimes it is difficult to get enough green stuff 
for the hens and chicks if the town lot is a small 
one. Usually, though, it is possible to find a few 
feet of ground where Dwarf Essex rape can be 
sown. Seed put into the ground on Decoration 
Day has yielded a cutting by the first of July, an 
illustration of the rapidity with which this crop 
grows. A few rows of rape will produce enough 
green food to supply a small flock of hens all Sum- 
mer. 
In the Fall, it often is possible to buy imperfect 
heads of cabbage for which farmers or market gar- 
deners have no regular market, and at a very low 
price. The cabbage may be stored on the north 
side of a building under a foot of soil, with straw, 
leaves or cornstalks as additional protection. 
A considerable number of mangel wurzel beets 
can be raised in a small space and may be stored 
in any vegetable cellar. It is not economy to cut 
them into small pieces; a better plan is to split 
them in half and drive a spike through them into 
a board. Then the soft part will be eaten out with- 
out loss. A hot bed is a decided advantage, if the 
