POULTRY ON A TOWN LOT 101 



chicks free range, it is best to confine the hen if 

 the poultry plant is on a town lot. 



Sometimes it is difficult to get enough green stuff 

 for the hens and chicks if the town lot is a small 

 one. Usually, though, it is possible to find a few 

 feet of ground where Dwarf Essex rape can be 

 sown. Seed put into the ground on Decoration 

 Day has yielded a cutting by the first of July, an 

 illustration of the rapidity with which this crop 

 grows. A few rows of rape will produce enough 

 green food to supply a small flock of hens all Sum- 

 mer. 



In the Fall, it often is possible to buy imperfect 

 heads of cabbage for which farmers or market gar- 

 deners have no regular market, and at a very low 

 price. The cabbage may be stored on the north 

 side of a building under a foot of soil, with straw, 

 leaves or cornstalks as additional protection. 



A considerable number of mangel wurzel beets 

 can be raised in a small space and may be stored 

 in any vegetable cellar. It is not economy to cut 

 them into small pieces; a better plan is to split 

 them in half and drive a spike through them into 

 a board. Then the soft part will be eaten out with- 

 out loss. A hot bed is a decided advantage, if the 



