Mangel beets for poultry 



this river of water from my sixty-foot well, I can raise tons and tons of 

 beets and kale and alfalfa at a minimum cost. A large variety of green 

 feed before the hens every day in the year is the secret of my success 

 in poultry farming. Anyone can duplicate my success with my environ- 

 ments. A pumping plant, well, motor, pump and all need not cost over 

 $500. With your own pumping plant and motor, you are independent 

 for water and can use the motor to run the green feed cutter, grind 

 grain, mix feed, run the washing machine, emery wheel, etc. The 

 very first essential on a successful 



You cannot succeed in California without plenty of irrigating 

 water, and be absolutely sure you have plenty of water before you 

 locate. I feel like shouting these truths from the housetop after my 

 ordeal of five years' useless labor in the wrong place, and if I can save 

 my fellow poultry men from making the same mistake I will be glad. 



There are three distinct profits derived from feeding a succulent 

 variety of green feed to hens. First, tender, succulent greens keep the 

 hens toned up and in a healthy condition so that a great saving is made 

 in loss of hens, which adds materially to the profits in large flocks. 

 Second, there is a great saving in grain and mill feeds, for the hen will 

 not only assimilate better what she does eat, but will eat much less, 

 for the green feed is nature's best food. 



Many times a hen will eat more of one kind of grain than her system 

 needs in order to get a little of a certain element craved. With plenty 

 of greens this craving is satisfied and the hen makes use of all the grain 

 or mill feed instead of passing it off hall" digested. In fattening any 

 kind of stock on one kind of grain it will be noticed that after the 

 system is full of that particular element much is passed off half 

 digested. This is a waste that will not occur with plenty of green feed. 



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