DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



and northeastern part of the United States and makes a 

 good turf but is not so good for pasture as blue grass. It 

 takes a couple of years to make a good sod and will grow 

 on land too acid for other kinds of grasses. Orchard 

 grass will grow well in the shade but grows largely in 

 tufts and is only a fair pasture grass. 



The small grains make excellent pasture. Fall sown 

 rye and wheat make splendid late fall and early spring 

 pasture in the North, and oats and barley are good forage 

 crops to plant in the spring. 



Meadow fescue does well in the same territory as 

 timothy and is a very good long season pasture grass. 

 The seed is usually high in price so that it is commonly 

 used in mixtures rather than as a grass seed by itself. If 

 a permanent meadow is desired a combination of grasses 

 should usually be sown and clover should be mixed with 

 the other grasses. The range should be kept in good con- 

 dition and if the grass tends to get ahead of the fowls, 

 pasture it with some kind of livestock, such as cows or 

 sheep, to keep the grass short and tender for the poultry. 

 The stock can be kept away from the watering and feed- 

 ing places used for the poultry but putting up small fence 

 enclosures, in which the fowls are fed and watered. If 

 preferred the grass may be cut with a mowing machine 

 with the mover set high. It is especially desirable on a 

 chick range to keep the grass short as tall grass takes too 

 long to dry out in the morning while the young chickens 

 will be materially harmed by wandering through high, wet 

 grass. 



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