The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-11-02

comb white leghorns were used. five
pullets and cockerel being given a
run of but 10 10 feet, in which
space was the house. so that they
We're in close confinment. The house
was 3 319 foot brooder coop re-
arranged for their use. Half was
used for roosting quarters and half 70
a scratching shed.
This scratching shed was kept we'll
bedded with straw about eight inches
deep, and a large part of the whole
grain given the fowls was fed here
| though some was fed in the yard to
| induce the fowls to scratch outside
when the weather permitted The
front of the house consisted of two
doors which were either wide open or
partly 50 even in the coolest winter
weather. No i'll effects were noticed,
and the egg record and general vital
ity of the flock showed that they
We're benefited by the more nearly
natural conditions, although the cold
sometimes seemed extreme for them.
AS the soil was rather heavy, sew
eral inches of sawdust were spread
onthe ground, so that the chickens
did not track in cold, wet mud, and
had a good scratching place which
dried rapidly after rain.
A dry mash was fed them in hop
pers, and whole grain, oats in the
morning and wheat in the afternoon.
strown in the litter. The fowls ate
only about one-third as much oats as
wheat, but as there were oats and
barley in the mash, they probably
made up deficiencies there The
mash, which was fed dry and kept
constantly before them consisted Of
two parts of bran to one of ground
corn and one of ground oats and bar
ley. Other hoppers to which they
had access all the time held beef
scrap, charcoal, grit and ground shell.
A good supply of kale was kept be-
fore them to pick at, and good,
fresh water was always within easy
reach.
They were all apparently in good
health throughout the experiment, put
on the last day the pullet numbered
2 was found dead in the pen without
apparent cause, though she had been
laying up to that day.
The following record of the amount
and cost of the feed from November
t1 May Is Interesting in the lisht os
the production records: 1853 pounds
of wheat, $2.22; 66h pounds of oats,
$.SS; 13 pounds of bran, Sis: ~
pounds of ground oats and barley,
$.10R; 9 pounds of beef scrap,
$.32A; s pounds of charcoal, $.O4R;
51s pounds of grit, $.O5A; 6A
pounds of shell, $05&: 5a4 pounds
Of ground corn, $OSA; total cost.
s3.92A
Pullet No. l weighed pounds s
DIS. at the beginning, of laying, and
exactly the same at the end of the
experiment six months later. Ehe
aid 113 eggs valued at $2.35, averag-
ng in weight about 201 ozs. each.
oullet No. 2 weighed 3 pounds ozs.
n the beginning, but gained 3 Dzs.
'he laid lie eggs valued at $2.75,
in weight 205 each. Pull
ct No. 3 weighed pounds 2 Ozs.,
nd gained ~ ozs. She laid 101
ggs valued at $239, and averaging
.0S each in weight. Pullet No. 4
,eighed 8 pounds ~ ozs. in the be-
inning, but lost ozs. She laid 1l3
ggs valued at 1894 and averaging
Is ozs. Pullet No. weighed !. 3
ounds oZs. at the beginning, and
ut 2 pounds 6 ozs. in May. Her
lying record was 80 eggs valued at
? 23 and averaging is ozs.
Thus it is seen that the total ex-
for the five pullets and
lie cockerel was but $3.92A, while
lie income from the eggs was $12.66,
aving a profit, if the work in car
g for the chickens is not counted,