SUCCULENT GREEN FOOD 8i 



is applied with a sprinkling can. The contents are 

 not allowed to steep, but as soon as the second wetting 

 of the long row of pails is reached they are placed on 

 the delivery wagon and at once taken to their desti- 

 nation. When the contents are emptied from the 

 pails they will be steaming hot, too hot for the birds 

 to take at first, and you will find them standing in a 

 ring around the Clover, and from time to time testing 

 the heat. As soon as it is cool enough they will 

 devour it with great avidity. 



Where Alfalfa is fed some flocks give considerable 

 difficulty at first as they do not seem to relish it, but 

 after a short time they seem to acquire the taste, and 

 become very fond of it. It contains a higher amount 

 of protein than the ordinary Clover which can be 

 bought in the market, but in purchasing Alfalfa prod- 

 ucts one should be careful not to buy a large quantity 

 of dirt, but get what is known as " short cut," and 

 have it carefully sifted. 



By many people cabbages are considered a most ex- 

 cellent green food for Winter use, but if they arq ',, 

 chopped up and fed to the layers considerable cautioni 

 should be used in the feeding. They are very apt 

 to upset the digestive organs of the birds, and that 

 means a very decided decrease in the number of eggs. 

 This is equally true of Mangle beets and other roots , 

 which in many cases are used. 



