DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



of adulteration or securing poor quality products in al- 

 falfa meal as coarse, woody alfalfa stems and stalks may 

 be ground up to appear like good alfalfa. Buy on a 

 guaranteed composition and notice especially the fiber 

 content which in the best grades should not exceed 30 

 per cent. As very little fiber is utilized by poultry it is 

 especially advisable to consider carefully the fiber content 

 of all feeds. Alfalfa meal is used quite extensively in 

 mixed commercial poultry mashes, which feeds sometimes 

 contain from 5 to 10 per cent of this meal. It is also 

 used in home mixed-mashes when no other green feed is 

 available, using 7 per cent in the mash ; that is 7 pounds 

 in 100 pounds of feed. 



RED CLOVER 



Red clover is another legume which is very valuable for 

 feeding poultry and is raised extensively in the northern 

 humid section of this country. It will not usually live 

 well over two seasons and does best on well-drained soils 

 rich in lime. Although only one or two cuttings are 

 usually secured the yield per acre is quite heavy. Where 

 alfalfa cannot be grown to advantage this clover is one 

 of the best crops to grow for poultry in the North and 

 Northeast States, either in the pasture mixed with other 

 grasses or as a hay or forage crop. In sections where the 

 season is too short for red clover to mature a second crop, 

 the cutting secured is usually called rowen and makes an 

 especially desirable feed for poultry as it contains less 

 of the coarse, woody fiber than the first crop. Red clover 



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