PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



farms operated by salaried managers have not been suc- 

 cessful as economical producers of market eggs. 



GROWING CROPS ON POULTRY FARMS 



The poultryman should at least raise crops enough to 

 utilize his poultry manure to good advantage and he may 

 find it advisable under some conditions to raise a con- 

 siderable part of his feed. Raising crops gives an ad- 

 vantage in that it freshens the land and makes it much 

 better for chickens to range upon. As a rule the bulk of 

 the poultry feed can be raised more cheaply on grain 

 farms than it can on poultry farms. The general farmer 

 w^ho keeps poultry should plan to raise a grain crop suit- 

 able for poultry and can in most cases raise to advantage 

 all of the necessary feed except the bran, middlings and 

 meat scraps. 



Where the poultry farmer can raise only a limited 

 amount of feed the green feed should usually be con- 

 sidered first and then the raising of one or two grain 

 crops. For green feed, mangel beets are one of the best 

 crops to raise, especially in the upper half of this country. 

 Other good green feeds to consider are cabbages, alfalfa 

 and clover. In sections where it does well, especially on 

 the Pacific Coast, kale is one of the best green crops to 

 produce and rape is raised somewhat for similar use. 

 Alfalfa and clover are very excellent crops when pro- 

 duced easily and will furnish an abundance of succulent 

 feed during the growing season. Alfalfa hay or meal is 

 not so well liked by poultry as is the green succulent crop 



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