September, 1912 
FALL POULTRY WORK 
By E. I. FARRINGTON 
ABBAGES are not in as high favor 
e. for poultry feeding as formerly. They 
have a tendency to cause inferior eggs, 
and, some breeders say, eggs which do 
not hatch well. Green rations of some 
kind must be arranged for in the Fall, 
however, and cabbages are better than 
nothing. In any case, there is no objec- 
tion to feeding them in small quantities. 
No wise poultrymen will suspend them 
by a string, though, so high that the 
fowls will have to jump for them. It is 
an old practice, but a poor one. There 
are much better ways of inducing the 
hens to take exercise. Often in the Fall 
it is possible to buy a number of heads of 
cabbage which are not good enough to 
market in the ordinary way, the cost be- 
ing very little. They may be stored by 
digging a trench on the sheltered side of 
the barn or poultry house where they 
may be buried, care being taken to choose 
a well-drained spot. Leaves, cornstalks 
or coarse manure may be used to provide 
additional protection when very cold 
weather comes. 
If a supply of mangels can be obtained, 
no other vegetable will be needed. The 
hens like them and they are easily fed by 
spiking them to a board, so that they will 
not be wasted. 
Rye sowed up to the last of August 
makes a most economical green food if 
it can be given a place close to the poul- 
try house. Then, when the ground is 
not covered with snow, the poultry may 
be allowed to have the run of the rye plot. 
Often, it is possible to sow a part of the 
garden to this crop. 
Lawn clippings are a form of green 
food available in most suburban com- 
munities, and there is nothing better for 
the hens. They should be dried until 
they crackle and then packed in barrels 
or bags and stored in a dry place. A 
little rack like that used in stalls for 
horses may be used when feeding it, or a 
plan adopted in Pennsylvania may be fol- 
lowed. This plan calls for strips of one- 
inch chicken wire about two feet wide 
and three or four feet long. These 
strips are laid flat and covered with lawn 
clippings two or three inches deep, after 
which they are rolled up, clippings and 
all, and hung in the poultry houses where 
they can easily be reached by the fowls. 
In this way the waste is avoided which 
comes from throwing green rations on 
the floor. 
Cut alfalfa may be purchased at the 
poultry supply stores if nothing less ex- 
pensive can be obtained. It is fed to 
the best advantage when placed in a pail 
of hot water and allowed to steam until 
green and tender. 
Sprouted oats may be had at any time 
by soaking the oats over night in a pail 
of water and then spreading them out 
in a box in a warm place, keeping them 
moist with the aid of a watering can, but 
providing drainage so that water will not 
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