The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-23

what we call Individuality, we do not know: but it Is probable that indt- vidual fowls may stamp their capa- Utilities on their progeny as markedly as individual cows may transmit good or bad milking qualities. At all events. 1t is not sufficient that the poultry man pay attention to hdlsing and feeding alone. He must also give at tention to breeding. choosing hatch ing eggs from parents of known per formance. This subject Us now to pe investigated :.
 The summary shows that with ali the 5,2OO fowls, the average daily pro- duction during thirty-four weeks was one egg totnearly five birds. The av- craze cost of ali the. eggs 151,6l6 in number) was about one and one-half cents each.
 In the seventeen weeks from Decem. Der 1, 1901, to March 29, 1902. and in the similar period of 1902-1e03. in twenty-nine flocks representing ten owners and 5,20o fowls, the average daily production of eggs was 22.S per 100 fowls.
 During the same period the average food cost of one dozen eggs was nearly eighteen (177) cents. The flocks that laid most eggs during December and January laid most eggs also in March. The egg production of outlets was notably in excess of that of hens par ticularly in the earlier periods when the price of eggs was highest.
 The average cost of feeding 100 hens for seventeen weeks was $S5SS
 The average value of product ex- | ceeded the cost of food by $l6.ls per | 100 fowls-Southern Planter.
 1 C.ou,uarison of the Jerseys and HOl- | stclns nt the St. Louis Fair Test. | Having completed the records of the leading fifteen animals in the Jersey | herd. and there having been but nr- | teen cows in the Holstein-Friesiar herd. 1t may be instructive to compare | their respective productions ut thi; point. The fifteen Jerseys produce | 7S os2 4 pounds milk, against 96,1Ia. j; no.nds milk in the cane of the Hol' | steins. The Jersey milk contained g. | 721 90 pounds fat, the Holstein mill l huff 2 29S A pounds fat. The estimated l Tersav butter amounted to 4,SS4 pounds ! the Holstein butter to 3,S11 pounds The milk Df the Jerseys contained G, l g56.1S5 pounds solids not fat, the milI | of tha Hoisteins 1.6S0,S13 pounds.
 cost s4A1 261 to feed the Jerseys, ana l Sst5 TO tp feed the Holsteins. As but
 Ter nroducers the Jerseys returned net nroht of S654. 736, against SASS .5l net profit for the Holsteins. AS mil' | r.rodncers the Jerseys returned ne
 nrotit of SSsO e96, against $702. 7o1 Il l the case of the Holsteins. me aver sged ner centage of solids not fat II fne Jersey milk was S.77; in the Hol
 stsip milk it was 7.9. The total sol ids formed 1S.5 per cent of the Jerse
 noilx and 1l.3 per cent of the Holsteil
 milk It required IT 4-5 pounds Of tn
 nilk of the Jerseys per pound of but
 tar asrainst nearly z5 To pounds o
 inc milk of the Holstein. The Jerse
 h,,tter ,cst A little over 10 cents pe
 pound in feed: the Holstein butter cos
 over IS 1-2 cents per pound In ieed'
 The averages per COW were as foi
 lows: . ..
 s4S hounds; butter, 292.26 pounds solids not fat, 457 ore pounds; cost c
 geed S29 417; net profit, Class A, $43. s4s. net profit. Class B. 5s.Tss.
 HtIoIstein- --Milk, 6411.7 pounds; ia
 9ta se hounds; Butter. t54 46 pounds
 soI,ds not fat. sos. 727 pounds; Cost ( } feed, S34. 3s; net profit, Class A. $29 2' } ret nroft. Class B, S46. s5.
 The averages per COW per day wei as follows: o e.. O6T pounds. butter, 2.4A9 pounds ro ids not fat. 8 SO9 pounds; cost of fee ! 24.5 cents; net profit. Class A, 36.' , cents. net profit Class b. ~ .s4 cent Holstsins--Milk. 53.4 pounds; fat, , sa9 aonnds: butter, 9.12 pounds; solit , not fat A. 23s pounds: cost of fee osR R cents. net profit, Class A, 24 l ! eentx, net profit, Class B. ss cents. ! Southern Planter.