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FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Continued from page 0, column 1 

 they are placed in the brooder until the 

 close of the brooding period and that it 

 is desirable to feed milk throughout the 

 entire growing season if facilities and 

 price permit. 



8. Oat Products. In case oat meal or 

 oat flour cannot be secured, 40-42 pound 

 oats finely ground may be substituted! 



9. Hopper- Feeding. That for eco- 

 nomical and sanitary reasons both scratch 

 and mash should be hopper or trough fed 

 from the beginning. 



10. Proportion of scratch to mash. 

 That the proportion of scratch to mash to 

 broiler age shall be at the ratio of two 

 to three and reversed for the remainder 

 of the season. 



11. Range Feeding. That the best re- 

 sults may be obtained by growing chicks 

 on clean and abundant grass range at the 

 rate of not more than 500 baby chicks per 

 acre. The number should be gradually 

 decreased throughout the gi'owing season. 



12. Supplementary Green Feed. To 

 insure ample green feed it is recom- 

 mended that poultrymen raise a patch of 

 rape or other green crop to supplement 

 the range. 



Dairy Fiirni.s IVeetl liiiiie 



Continued from page 1. column 3 



that of starting grass hays. Yet the 

 upkeep is less. 



There are many men in the county that 

 think that they are growing good crops 

 of red clover without lime. These men 

 would be surprised if they would lime 

 adequately before seeding. For example, 

 there are two farms within a short dis- 

 tance of each other. Both owners use 

 lime. One uses one ton per acre, the 

 other tests his soil- and uses the needed 

 amount to correct the acidity for the 

 crop to be grown. This usually means 

 about two tons of lime per acre for red 

 clover. Both farmers get good clover 



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