In the Garden
Those who keep poultry will do double service if they give their hens all the chickweed they dig up, as well as any unused bulbous roots, which should be sliced but not cooked. On this poultry specialists lay especial stress. Those who grow poultry fodder in the garden will probably get more good out of parsnips than, say, sunflowers, though these are excellent if well grown and ripened. Often they fail to ripen properly. Swedes (also the best of the turnip class for human food) are especially recommended for a young pullet, though my experience is that the birds refuse them unless they are mixed with other food. Among queries is one on the subject of nitro- chalk and such artificials. They are of little use for small fruit unless associated with complementary chemicals, especially
potash. W. BEACH THOMAS.
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