The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-18

houae. The weather az tnAt tiiho
1uIte warm and they we're fed per gay
ave pounds OF feed In the morning anu
two pounds In the evening. the morn
ing feed being table scraps sueh Us
meat. pieces Of bread. boiled ana itleu
potatoes. and such material as usuaiiy
,omes from boarding table. IheH
alton OF grain consisted Of Whea'
screenings. which was composed ptin
finally OF small berries Of wheat ana
cracked wheat AZ the weather 40.
colder their food gradually increased
until they took on the 3ist day OF DE
eember eleven and three-tourths
pounds OF scraps In the morning' ana
eleven and half pounds Of wheat IN
the evening During the month oil
January the feed ration remained
about the same January 70 large
stove was put into the house. and
Gre started with Ignite coal On the
3ist OF January the feed had decreas'
ed 10 six pounds In the morning ana
eight and threc-fourths In the even
ing. The last o. March four and a hall
pounds mornings and four and three
fourths evenings. The total amount OF
fuel burned from the goth Of January
to the ist OF April cost $3.50. During
the month Of January previous to the
use OF the stove. the average number
OF eggs per day was ga, the remain
ing OF the month from the 2lst TO the
end. Il was 63.ii. showing the inhu-
/ ence that heat eXcrted upon the pro-
/ ductlon OF eggs The question natur-
/ ally arises. can the farmer. under the
conditions existing on the ordinary
farm. afford 10 take care OF his poultry
BY furnishing artificial heat' An eX-
animation OF the above figures shows
that but hall the food is consumed,
and that the egg production Is more
than doubled. with eggs worth %
cents per dozen at this season OF the
year and food al the ordinary prices.
Il should seem TO me that u would
not only be economy TO heat the poul-
try house. but would be a source Of
great profit. especially after arrange
menu had once been completed. 20
that Il would require but little extra
work.
Feeding for Eggs.-That food has a.
much to do with the egg production a.
Il has with beef or butter. there L. but
little question. We placed two pens Of
fowls. under exactly the same oondi.
tons. as Gar a. the temperature, room
and care were concerned, but fed them
with an entirely different object 10
view. One pen We wished for breed
ing purposes and did not want them "a
lay until the breeding season opened
20 that We can set a more steady egl
production than II they we're made q
lay during the entire winter. Th'
other pen u was not intended 10 use al
an for breeders, but 90 produce th'
greatest number of eggs possible. a
the time Of year when they woul,
bring the highest price. During thu
month OF December. iss5.the pen whlcl
was intended Tor laying experiment
contained nineteen pullets. and thl
one intended Tor breeding purpose
contained sixteen pulleis During thl
month the laying pen laid sixty-thrc
eEgs. the non-laying pen no eggs Dur
lns the month o. January the laylp
pen 12i eggs. the nonlaying pen scVcI
eggs. During the month 90 February
the laying pen 100 eggs and the non
laying pen twelve eggs During N
month OF March the laying pen 10
and the non-laying pen forty three
During the month Of April. the layiu
pen i2a and the non-layng iS9.
We began the last Of March 10 3,
our breeding pen. which has been q
Gar toElguatcd as the "non-laying uou.
into good layiug trim. with The result
o. above stated. From this time cd
t5e breeders. although less Ia numb,
than the other pen. laid "a great man
more eggs For the month o. MAY N
laying pen laid li2 eggs. The non-lal
ing pen 3Sl eggs Tho method OF fCCi
b Ing that was employed OBJ bring th
3 about was substantially as follow
- The morning feed Cor those VhiJ
b. were intended 90 produce eggs cous.s
- ca % boiled lean meat scraps from %
d table. the fat having been remove
, wheat screenings. with constant drinl
, ing water. For the evening feed. whe
screenings what they wanted TO "a
mixed with corn twice per wee
Those which we're not intended I,
producing EGGS were Ted on whe
screenings o. poorer quality with cor
o These gradually Increased Ia weig
9 until they had the appearance OF bell
a ovor-faL This pen, although not put
n laying until the let OF April. aycrag
= 1904 eggs per hen during the season.
3 They were pure bred plymou
l. Rocks. The other which was put
b. laying during the entire winter ave
n AGED i53 eggs per hen. The avcra
a price Of the eggs was Is cents .
?. dozen. The average price Of tho
~ which ala not begin until April I "
4. liz cents per dozen. at regular ma
kot prices. This shows a marked d
i ference IN the average price. due prl
* cipally to the high price OF eggs d,
as ing the months OF December. Janual
er February and the fore part Of March
ID Care ot Cows AZ CalvlnE.
q, A critical time In the cows oxister
a. Ia at her periodical calying time. II
ss period Ia the elimination Of a seaso
N devotion 10 the growth and dcvelC
ma ment Of her young and. incidental
I. making preparation for milk glvll
!. In her natural state, the COW feeds /
calf a short time only. 80 that Il
early taught to be seli-rellant. This
necessary. since n the calf were to
=. pend upon the dam for sus,enanoe lo