The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-22


Bulletin No. 81 OF the Utah Expert.
ment station has been received. In q
are reported results Of poultry expert
ments conducted al the station durinE
the year ending November. 1897. A
number Of experiments are reported.
and In some cases the results are very
positive. They included tests OF old
hens and pulleis for egg production,
OF the value Of exercise, Of the value
OF crossing pure breeds. OF the relative
egg-laying qualities OF Brown Leg
horns. Barred Plymouth Rocks. Light
Brahmas and a Brahma-Leghorn cross
The annual food cost per fowl OF the
different breeds and the yearly produc.
ton OF eggs per hen we're important
features OF the experiments The rela-
tive value OF old eggs and fresh eggs
for Matching vas also tested. An in
cubator test was conducted A mum.
Der Of half-tone cuts are reproduced.
which include one Of the poultry build
ings. several photographs % fowls and
Of two baskets % eggs. one a very large
basket. representing the laying of the
pullets. the other a very small one.
representing the work Of the old hcns
The latter IS a striking lesson OF the
value Of young blood"
The bulletin. copy OF which may
To- obtained free on application b. Dl-
rector Luther Foster. Experiment sta
ton. Logan. Utah. Is summarized as
follows:
I. There "a little profit Ia keeplne
hens three and four years old at the
market prices q food and eggs In Utah.
The profit In feeding young hens. or
pullets, was six times greater than In
feeding old hens three and four years
old. This conclusion does not apply
to two-year-old hens aud hens more
than four years old.
2. Laghorn pullcts hatched In April
gave better results than those hatchcd
In late May. The profit was about one
and half times greater from the April
hatched than from the May hatchod
3. The exercised pens. I. and o.
produced twenty-siX eggs per fowl
more than the pens without exercise
/. and 3.
4. The three exercised pens pro-
duced eggs u, food cost Of SO cents
per dozen; the pens without exercise
al food cost Of G.5 cents per dozen
5. The three exercised pens aver
aged a profit per fowl during the year
OF 81 cents: the non-exerclsed pens 81
cents.
6. Pen /. representing egg produc-
tlon under the most unfayorable con-
dltlons. except as 10 ration fed, cleared
2X cents per fowl during the year on
the cost Of food. Pen 4. representing
egg production under the most favor.
able conditions. cleared. during the
year. Si.26 per fowl this would have
been Increased considerably had the
eggs laid before the experiment began
been counted. In the one case there
was A profit on feed Of per cent. IN
the other 203 per cent.
Z. Exercise had no apparent innu.
ence on the weight OF the fowl. the
lack Of exercise dld not add 10 the
weight Of the fowl.
4 The non-exercised pens produced
eggs weighing about 3 per cent more
than the exercised pens.
o. The eggs produced by the old
Lerhorn hens weighed about 5ih per
cent more than those produced by the
Leghorn pulle,s.
10. The eggs produced b. The Hight
Brahma pulets weighed llis per cent
more than those produced by the Leg
horn pulle,s.
II. The Barred Plymouth Rock pull
let's eggs averaged about the same al
those OF the Leghorn pullets
r. In two out Of three pens exercis,
nrodueod larger consumption o
food.
~. The exercised pens made a bet
ter use Of the food than those with
ont exercise n required % per cen
less food 10 produce "a dozen OF egg
with exercise than without Co. The ~
splts arc strongly conclusive that cNer
ciso aids digestion and assimilation @
s,oi The chief value Of exercise
therefore. seems 20 be In preventing
waste OF food.
Il Exercise apparently reduced u
f..tlfl,x Il, tho Quua