DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



usually sown in the late summer or early fall and plowed 

 under as a green crop early in the following summer, as 

 it will not live through this summer. If grown for hay, 

 for which purpose it is not as well adapted as are the 

 other clovers, it should be cut when the flowers at the 

 base of the heads begin to fade. Crimson clover is not 

 as desirable a feed as the other clovers. 



A combination of oats with the field or Canada pea 

 makes a good soiling crop if cut early or if allowed to 

 mature makes a very nutritious hay, both of which feeds 

 are especially well liked by poultry. This crop is adapted 

 either for the field or yard in which the hens are allowed 

 to range, or it makes an excellent feed to cut up while 

 fresh and be used in the poultry mash. Cow peas and soy 

 beans are grown extensively as a forage crop in the South 

 to enrich the soil but are not well adapted for poultry, 

 although poultry will eat some of the seeds of the ma- 

 tured crop. 



ROOTS AND TUBERS 



Roots are a highly desirable feed for poultry and are 

 used considerably for that purpose in the northern part 

 of this country. Root crops are grown and fed exten- 

 sively to stock in Canada and in northern Europe as these 

 crops are especially well adapted for climates where the 

 summers are cool. Although roots are very high in 

 water content and correspondingly low in dry matter, they 

 contain dry matter which is highly digestible. Experi- 

 ments in feeding cows show that a pound of the dry mat- 



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