Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 5 · column 2 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
other livestock also has been dis-^ covered, and the livestock men are using a much greater acreage than the Virginia pouftrymen:
Since our friend, the Deleware poultryman, and others demonstrated the value of this clover as a poultry pasture, several experiment stations have carried on experiments to find ouf the exact monetary value of pasture for chickens and turkeys. The results of the experiment carried on over a three-year period at the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Statiop showed that pullets from 8 weeks to maturity on a good pasture ate 11.6 per cent less grain and mash than birds kept in confinement. There was little difference in the feed consumed during the starting period; namely, the first through the 8th week. The Ohio Experiment Station showed about the same results and, in addition the work there showed that lower protein growing feed could be used when the birds were on the Ladino paste re.
Large commercial poultrymen throughout the country are finding that a good Ladino clover pasture saves feed in growing pullets. One commercial poultry-* man, who has been using pastures for years, states that the upkeep of the range costs only a fraction of what is saved in scratch and grain.
While we are not including in this article suggestions for preparing the land and seeding this crop, it is well to remind poultrymen as well as livestock raisers that some method of rotating must be practiced if this crop is to be the most profitable. When chickens,« as well as other livestock, are kept constantly on a Ladino clover pasture, there is danger of killing or greatly weakening the stand. A poultryman in Eastern Virginia had an excellent stand of Ladino clover, but he kept the birds -on it all the time and in the late summer the stand was almost completely killed. The more common recommendations are to put sufficient birds or animals on a limited space to graze it down fairly close and then move to another section so that the first plot can Regain its growth.
The health of the birds on a good pasture is another consideration. In all of the research work along this line, the birds on a rotated pasture are healthier and much more free of worms than birds that are raised on bare ground. Every Virginia farmer who raised chickens or has other livestock should give serious consideration to the use of Ladino clover in his pasture program.
78.5%