POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



MISCELLANEOUS GREEN AND SUCCULENT FEEDS 



Cabbages are greatly liked by poultry and are fed exten- 

 sively as a succulent feed, ranking next to mangels in 

 popularity as a food for this purpose. Cabbages are not 

 as economical a feed to produce as mangels or rutabagas, 

 as they produce only from 4,000 to 4,500 pounds of dry 

 matter to the acre, require much more labor in their pro- 

 duction, and are more difficult to store than mangels. 

 They are usually fed whole and are hung up in the poultry 

 houses where the fowls or chickens can eat them at will. 

 Where both cabbages and mangels are produced the cab- 

 bages are used first in the fall and winter as the mangels 

 will keep better and longer than cabbages. Mangels are 

 better for small chickens to pick at than cabbages as they 

 are only able to secure very small bits of this feed. Where 

 cabbages are fed to very small chickens it is advisable to 

 chop the cabbages up finely before feeding. 



RAPE 



Rape is one of the best forage crops, producing a large 

 amount of succulent feed, which is well liked by poultry. 

 From 5,000 to 6,000 pounds of dry matter may be secured 

 from an acre of land where the rape is cut and fed as 

 forage. Rape furnishes excellent grazing for poultry 

 within 5 to 8 weeks after it is sown, under good weather 

 conditions, and will continue to throw out new shoots if 

 not grazed too closely. The dwarf Essex variety is the only 

 one well adapted to raise for this purpose. It may be sown 

 continuously from early spring until late summer either 



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