POPULTRY FOOD

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 19

POPULTRY FOOD

The Problem ; oi Feeding Green Stuff f * i 1 Tlie ' question ' of green food for poultry- is-of ten-- av-puzzling-- one, probably beeausb b'eginnets hear'ott the one hdnd ' that a! eertaln potrltry ' keeper never gives green f oodt while another atfribufes his sticOesfe to ' the regular ,way. in_whifih he.,prQ.vides. such food, i 'These differences of opinion make 'somh people, say there is no * understandiikg - f owls, -" but this is a wrong view to take. , Poultry keeping cannot Be" made- as uniform as a penny-in-the-slot machine, but if one cares to inquire into' the 'matter, beginners will -find that t-hose -who provide no green food are really giving what green food contains in another form, or, if they are, giving a proprietary mash, the makers have already made this provision. Those who have such food as the outside leaves of vegetables used dn the household should make good use of them, for they undoubtedly help to keep the birds in a healthy condition, and supplement the meal food; there is notliing better for them. But, says our beginner, someone else comes along and declares that, although ha gives green food, his fowls leave most of it on the ground. That is because it has not been given dn a proper manner, or the birds have not ' been properly accustomed to it. It is useless throwing green food on the ground, as the only means the fowl has of eating it is to stand on the leaf and peck pieces off; in othpr words^ the green food must be fast at one end. Tie those same leaves firaily xound the stalk and attach them to a post at a reasonable height, and the leaves will be stripped off the green part, leaving only the skeleton stalks to be thrown away. To get birds iiiterested in, say, a whole cabbage, it should be eut through, splitting the stalks from (end to end, and eack half hung up separately.