Clover for Fowls.
Clover is not only more suitable as summer food for poultry, owiug to its bulky nature, compared with corn ; but it is also more nutritious, as it contains a greater - quantity of the substances required for the production of eggs. The lime for the shells is procured when in a soluble form in the food, as it must pass through all the stages and processes of digestion, and the more soluble the mineral elements the easier and more completely they serve the purposes of the hens. Clover bay contains over 30 times more lime than does corn or wheat, and the green clover, though containing more water, is comparatively as rich in lime as the hay. Clover is also a nitrogenous food, and supplies the elements necessary for the albumen of the egg. When the hens have access to clover they will eat a large quantity during the day, and if insects are numerous their wants will be fully supplied. If it is desired to allow grain to the flock it should be fed sparingly, and only once a day. Do nor waste food by feeding it inf summer, as the hens are capable o a • ptil Vi » g t hems el ves.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 759, 27 July 1894, Page 5
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206Clover for Fowls. Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 759, 27 July 1894, Page 5
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