The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-01-07

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tWNflNNN Aoup, we began
/ /fi3 llkS.W series Of expert
I ilt,s1N ments to deter
iytil4 - a mine. II possible.
y istieH what effect. II any.
/ NJ ~ heating the poul-
NlreN ~ try house would
eNRI have upon the pro-
49, duction OF eggs.
and the food requirements. On De-
comber /. we put forty-slx
chickens. including several varle-
ties Of birds into tie poultry
house. The weather at that time was
quite warm and they were fed per day
1--WE pounds Of feed In the RIO ming aud
two pounds In the evening. the morn
ing feed being table scrnpa. such a.
meat. pieces OF bread. boiled and fried
potatoes. and such material "a usually
comes from boarding table. Their
ration OF grain consisted OF wheat
screenings, which was composed prln-
clpaliy Of ANAL berries OF wheat and
cracked wheat. AZ the weather rot
colder their food gradually Increased
until they took on the 3ist day OF De.
cember eleven and threo-fourths
pounds OF scraps In the morning. and
eleven and half pounds Of wheat In
tho evening During the month Of
January the feed ration remained
about tho same. January 20 a large
stove was put into the house, and a
fro started with Ignite coal On the
9iat OF January the feed had decrcas-
cd 10 six pounds In the morning and
eight and threo-fourths In the even
Ing. The last Of March four and half
pounds mornings and four and three
fourtha evenings. The total amount Of
fuel burned from the goth OF January
10 the iat OF April coat $3.50. During
the month OF January previous TO the
use OF the stove. the average number
OF eggs per day was ~. the remain
Ing OF the month from the 2ist TO the
end. II was 3-ii, showing the lnflu-
ence that heat cxortcd upon the pro-
duetlon OF eggs. The question naiur-
ally arises. can the farmer, under the
conditions existing on the ordinary
farm. afford to take care OF his poultry
by furnishing artificial hcatl An e1-
animation OF the aboEc figures shows
that but half the food Il consumed.
aud that the egg production Ia more
than doubled. with eggs worth 20
cents por dozen at Va season OF the
year aud food at thfvrdiuary prices,
Il should seem TO that II would
not only be economy 4 heat the poul- \
try house. but wou1fbc Soufos Of
great profit. eApcciaf after arrange
ments had once tR completed. so
that Il would reqde but little extra
work.
Feeding for EggA-rhat food has Us
much TO do with thi egg production as
Il has with beef or utter. there Is but
little question. weplaced two pens OF
fowls. under eSaold the same eondi'
lions. M far az the temperature, room
ana care were concerned. but fed them
with an entirely different object In
view. One pen we Wished for breed
ing purposes and dh not want them 10
lay until the breeding season opened
80 that We can GOT more steady esq
production than II they were made 70
lay during the otlre winter. The
other pen II was no, Intended to use at
all for breeders. but 20 produce the
greatest number q eggs possible, at
the time OF year when they would
BRING the highest price. During the
month OF December, 1881 pen which
was Intended for laying experiment.
contained nineteen pullets, and the
one Intended Tor breeding purposes
contained sixteen pallets. During this
month the laying pen laid sixty-threo
eggu, the non'laylng pen no eggs. Dur
Ing tho month Of January The laying
pen l2i eggs, the nonlaylng pen seven
egga. During the month OF February.
the laying pen 100 eggs and the nom
laying pen twelve eggs During tho
month OF March he laying pen i6S
and the non-laylng pen forty three.
During the month OF April. the laying
pen l29. and the non.laylng is9.
We began the las, OF March to get
our breeding pen, which has been 30
far designated as the "non.laylng pom"
Into good laylng Trim. with the results
IA above stated From this time on.
the breeders, although less In number
than the other pen. laid great many
more eggs For the month OF May the
laying pen laid n2 eggs. the non-loy-
ing pen Ssl esga The method OF feed
Ing that was employed to bring this
about was substantially as follows;
Inc morning feed FOR those which
were Intended to produce eggs consist
ed OF boiled lean meat scraps from the
mple, the TAT having been removed.
wheat screenings, with constant drink
ms water For the evening feed. wheat
screenings what 'Ny wanted TO eat.
mixed with corn twice per week
THOSE which were not Intended for
producing eggs were fed on wheat
screenings OF pOorer quality with corn.
These gradually Increased IN weight
until they had tho appearance Of being
o.Ner-ta'' This pen. although not put to
laying until the Isl Of april, averaged
iso's 'sSa per hen during the season.
They were pure bred Plymouth
Rocks Tho other which was iqt TO
laylng during the entire winter aver
agea lDs eggs per hen. The average
price O. the eggs was IS cents per
dozen. The average price OF those
which dld not bogIn untli April was
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