DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



broadcast or in drills. A small amount of rape seed may 

 be sown to advantage, with oats and other growing grain 

 crops, during the late spring and early summer where the 

 yard is to be pastured with poultry. The feeding of salt is 

 beneficial where poultry is run on forage pasture to pre- 

 vent too laxative results from the green crops. 



Rape has an advantage over root crops and cabbages 

 in that poultry will harvest this crop themselves and it 

 can be grown in the poultry yard where its cultivation 

 will freshen and renew the land and at the same time fur- 

 nish good succulent green feed. It is only adapted for 

 use during the growing season. Rape may also be grown 

 advantageously as a forage crop, cutting a small amount 

 of this feed daily, chopping it into short lengths and mix- 

 ing it in the poultry mash. Where sown in poultry yards 

 for grazing it should be sown broadcast and where it is 

 to be cut and fed as forage it may be sown either in drills 

 or broadcast. Rape is one of the very best green crops 

 to raise for poultry in the eastern section of this country. 



KALE 



Thousand headed kale, a cabbage-like plant which does 

 not form a head, is grown extensively in Oregon, Wash- 

 nington, and California and used there for feeding poul- 

 try. Very heavy yields can be secured on rich soil where 

 plenty of moisture is available, and in the southern part 

 of this section the feed can be grown throughout the 

 year. Kale is grown as a soiling crop, a small amount 



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