14 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Mr. Whitman. Do you think it is good- to feed vegetables? 



Professor Graham. As long as they do not eat too many of 

 the seeds, which is ordinarily not the case. At the present 

 time we are mixing them in with roots. I would say in a gen- 

 eral way that it is a good plan to give the hens any waste 

 products that you have, like apples or turnips, but do not feed 

 them on waste products exclusively. 



Mr. Whitman. I asked that question because I want to 

 know whether the cider pulp is better, or the apples and fruit 

 itself before extraction. 



Professor Graham. I will have to go back a number of 

 years to give you my experience on cider pulp. During my 

 first experiences in the chicken business I happened to be sit- 

 uated near a cider mill, and was able to secure cider pulp 

 from the mill at low rate; and when I got that pulp fresh, 

 when it had been ground the same day, and when I cooked it 

 a little I got good results; but if I kept it on hand and it 

 heated or turned a little sour the results were disastrous. 

 Judging from this experience it would be necessary to feed it 

 fresh. 



Mr. J. M. Schwartz. In mentioning your green feed you 

 don't say anything about alfalfa. How does that compare 

 with cabbages? 



Professor Graham. I have good results from good alfalfa, 

 but in many instances with the alfalfa that we come in con- 

 tact with, apparently they have taken the leaves off and used 

 them for some other purpose. They sold us the woody stems 

 as chicken feed, which has not given very good results. If you 

 can get good alfalfa you will get very good results indeed. 

 Personally, I would just as soon have the roots as I would 

 alfalfa. 



Mr. G. S. Dodge. How about feeding green ground bone? 



Professor Graham. That depends on the kind of bone. If 

 you are grinding the bones yourself by hand, I would say do 

 not feed it, because you will get all of the knuckle bones which 

 contain a very high percentage of fat, and are easy to cut. We 

 have found in our experience that the machine-ground green 

 cut bone, if fed with good judgment, will give good results. 

 Where it is fed fairly liberally to the heavy breeds, such as 



