The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
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There IN TO DO q national poultry test" in Eng.
land beginning on March /, and in anticipation
OF 1t Mr.. Killian Bourneau Baghot do Ia Bere of
Burbage Hall, Leicestershire. has issued q cir.
cular to "the agriculturists OF England" where.
in he states that the ''object of the test is to set
at rest the vexed and oft debated question of
profit or loss involved by the keeping of fowls.
more particularly as egg producers" The
British public, he says, "are forever asking our
farming community why they do not produce
the 300. 0Oo. 900 eggs we annually importl The
only answer they get.to this query is. because
we cannot produce them at q profit" 1t is the
theory Of Mr.. Baghot de In Bore of Burbage Hall,
Leicestershire. that the reason of the large and
Great Britain. which have increased In value
volume from $4,000, 900 to 800. 900. 900 bo-
fW9ee ss TO a aai i Soaer rs I meth tslisf TO Of 9be English sgS Ini
dustry in England, and he favors therefore
what the civil service reforpers in the United
MI. Baghot de Ia Bere has In view the appli.
cation of arithmctical principles to the egg busi.
that any real dependence, is to be put on the
farmers societies, for English farmers, he AYERS,
do not understand the matter In the way he does
and do not. approach 1t from the same point OF
view. lie insists on a practical test that Is to
10 begun on March l., and this is tho method OF
number 40. e! Each fock:of 40 shall be wired
IN and confined upon an acre OF grass run. 81
Each and every tio' k is to receive tho same de.
s%cription Of food and to be fed twice daily: dur
Ing the six spring and summer months, upon
grain only-maiZe, wheat, barley. and oats; dur
ing the six autumn and winter months in the
morning food with boiled roots mixed with
meal, with whole grain at night. "a AL food
is to be purchased in.tbe local market, weighed
and stored In u looked shed. The eggs are 10 DO
counted daily and sold weekly in open market.
No fancy price realized Is TO be.tnken account OF.
!!5j Strict account 10 to be kept of the number OF
hours q week devoted to the necessary caro- of
the stock. COY A statement Is TO be made OF the
capital involved at tho start by tho purchase Of
stock. cost OF fowl houses. and other appliances.
i Is intended that the result shall, at the CLOSE Of
the year, be published in detail In all the leading
agricultural papers. as well as widely distrib
uted In pamphlet form. through the aid OF
county councils. and other societies In touch
with the AGRICULTURAL industry.
1t is an undsniable fact that q very consldera.
bic amount of the food consumed in England Is
imported from other countries. MIX, cheese,
and eggs come chiefly from Denmark, Holland,
and France, while much Of the agricultural land
of Great Britain is unproductiye and the farm
era OF England, experience tho lack of a home
market whether the experimental tests in tho
egg, line OF Mr.. BaRhot dc Ia Bere of Burbage
Hall. Leicestershire, will have the results OK.
peoted and set forh In his circular, is conjecttur.
a. and some American poultry raisers seem In.
cltned to doubt II.