greens. Not one kind, but three or four kinds well mixed. On this 

 fourth day of February, we feed heavily of shredded mangels, along 

 with green barley and some alfalfa that grows protected up through 

 the barley, and on Saturdays a big head of cabbage to each pen, 

 enough to last over Sunday. 



We manage in this way to have greens every day in the fall and 

 winter and our egg yield during November, December, January, and 

 February runs close on to fifty per cent. On some pens as high as 

 sixty-seven per cent during month of December, from late hatched 

 pullets. 



In colder places, mangels and cabbage could be pulled and put 

 away in a shed. I have tried carrots, but they do not produce enough 

 tonnage and are rather tedious to raise and gather. I am also trying 

 Giant Marrow cabbage, which bids fair to make as good tonnage as 

 kale and is of a fine sweet flavor, well liked by the hens. 



Cabbage for winter feed should be planted out of the hot beds 

 about August or September, so that it will have a good growth before 

 frosty nights. 



With a large tonnage of mangels and cabbage on hand when frosty 

 nights set in, with kale to fill in and barley already grown in the alfalfa 

 patch, winter greens can be assured. 



Bear in mind that if you have not the conditions for growing 

 greens in large quantities, you might just as well stay out of the 

 poultry business. If you are to succeed, be sure you have the correct 

 conditions to start with. If you have these conditions, fertile, sedi- 

 ment, loam soil, cheap irrigating water in large quantities, and any 

 amount you want, and not too far from a good market, if you have 

 these conditions, with a good climate thrown in, then you can go ahead 

 and be assured of success. 



With well-bred hens, housed in small open front houses, well 

 cleaned, with green feed of several varieties before them all the time, 

 and a variety of grains with rich, dry mash, where they can wait upon 

 themselves, and your profits are assured, and if you make less than 

 $2.00 per hen, per year, you are not doing as well as can be done. 



In a dairy country where you have plenty of milk, it will add much 

 to your profits to feed a quantity of thick cheese on top of the green 

 feed each day. This will get the highest production of eggs possible. 



Another feature that is adding to the success of poultry is that of 

 co-operation. A co-operative community where feeds can be purchased 

 in quantities and produce handled in a block has many advantages, and 

 so many that a poultryman cannot afford to be outside a community 

 of this kind. 



The Poultry Producers' Associations of both Central and Southern 

 California, is a movement that will standardize our products and put 

 the business on a stable basis. Have patience with these organizations 

 and stand by them to a man, for they are the greatest movement that 

 has ever been launched for the good of both producer and consumer. 



Col. Harris Weinstock has a broad plan that will revolutionize 

 marketing conditions and bring the producer closer to the consumer. 

 Co-operation is the salvation of the poultryman. 



Thera are three distinct results obtained by the liberal use of green 

 feed for poultry: 



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