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A STUDY OF JUICY FEEDS 



The Value of Juicy or " Green " Feeds — Values Tabu- 

 lated for Quick Information — Practical Value of a 

 Knowledge of Water Content, etc. — Sprouting Grain 

 and Cultivating Green Crops — Fodder Stuffs — Onions 

 — Weeds — Poultry and Fruit 



Upon a just appreciation of the value of green feeds, 

 in the proper proportion, must rest the success of the 

 many who must yard their fowls ; and this especially 

 when the space is limited. No matter lioiv good tlic care 

 otlterwise, higlily concentrated foods like grains, niillstujfs, 

 and meat will eventually ruin the flocks, unless the supply 

 of green stuff be liberal. The fowl on good range which 

 receives a bit of supplementary feed once a day is a free 

 and independent entity and is not very likely to get into 

 feeding difficulties of any kind during the open season, 

 unless she is accidentally choked or poisoned. At the 

 north, during the p'eriod of compulsory housing, she is 

 no better off than her near neighbor, the yarded town 

 hen. She may fare even worse, from the fact that her 

 owner has not hitherto been obliged to learn how to 

 handle her in confinement. On the farms where fowls 

 range free during most of the year, so little thought is 

 given to winter care that the winter season is often 

 merely a season of existence, a period of unhappy wait- 

 ing for decent conditions to arrive with the spring. This 

 is one strong reason why so many farm fowls lay no 

 winter eggs. 



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