A STUDY OF JUICY FEEDS 



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This will give the fowls plenty of green feed, as it 

 starts into sprouting and growth. Some have as- 

 sured me that barley is even better, as it tillers more 

 abundantly; i.e. each seed throws out more stalks, when 

 it lies long enough to get a real start. The New Jersey 

 Station, after experimenting with sprouted oats, wheat, 

 and buckwheat, announced that in every case oats pro- 

 duced most pounds and made most gain. 



Sprouted Oats, Tops Four Inches High, Making Real Green Feed For Yarded Birds 



In the case of the yarded and segregated small flocks 

 of high-priced birds, it can probably be made to pay to 

 bury grains in the soft earth by hand power. The fowls 

 get the needed e.xercise actively, and the needed juicy 

 morsels at one and the same time, while the owner is 

 saved the effort of growing and handling the sprouted 

 grain. The deeper it is buried, the longer it lies moist, 



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