FEEDING PULLETS 79 
In order to sprout oats two things are 
essential—heat and moisture. If the oats 
are kept around eighty-five to ninety degrees 
they will sprout quickly and will not mold, 
provided they are moistened once a day with 
comparatively warm water. Do not use hot 
water. 
Cabbage and Mangels. Cabbage makes 
a very good green feed, the objection to it 
being that it will not keep all winter. Also, 
in the average house cellar and under the 
best of conditions, there is considerable work 
involved in stripping off the outer leaves 
which should not be fed to the hens. The 
principal advantage of mangels is_ their 
keeping quality. 
Milk as a Substitute for Green Feed. 
There is one feed which is coming more and 
more into general use and which the author 
believes will take the place of green feed, 
and this is milk—sour skim milk or butter- 
milk. 
Value of Milk. Milk is known to con- 
tain the vitamines which apparently have 
been proved to be essential to growth and to 
maintenance of life. Birds which are fed on 
