Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-22
Copyright 1918.

ing records achieved by some hens il
ent years. It was not long ago tina
3oD-egg-s-year hen was discussed a
,blematical. but now she has brough
her figures to SOB. The trap nest i
authority. But this device is no
y for keeping tabs on the "%phcnons'
the poultry yard. It is for every-da'
}. 1t is a great economizcr. Every hei
" he Judged accurately on her pro
ton record.
he following article tells how this i
10.
is not SO many years ago that tn
e hen vas a dream. And whei
last she waS discovered 1t was =
g in a thousand" Now the 20-hei
almost "A ommon article. and effort
being aimed at the 3On-egg mari
ong regular producers.
t the Missouri Experiment station ;
laid PSI Eggs as a pullet. At tn
ario, Canada, station another on'
oS2 eggs: and this record was ais,
allied at a recent Connecticut contest
it remained for the Oregon Agricul
al College to produce a hen with q
ord of 29l eggs. Those are wonder
results. but the Oregon station now
a hen that laid 38 eggs in 3S days
. it said. these eggs weighed abouI
pounds and were perfect in point oil
pc and color.
ow were these facts obtained? There
he no other method than by the use
the trap nest. Without the use OF
device no definite data can be Sc.
Al II &c ;rorogrihIc TO EnnN which
s are laying the most and best ggs
such conclusions must, necessarily, be
ss-work.
lere are systems-by the examination
position Of the pelvic bones. or the
hnce from the pelvic m and poin'
he breast b~one-that will ia BILE us
pick out our best layers: but hos
am do not tell us how many eggs
Individual hen lays. 1t is true that
ne system (the Hogan it is claimed
the capacity of a hen can be told
The measurement Of the abdomen by
ers- where one finger Is the measure
Z, the laying will he from one to 81
in her first laying year. In the two
err test the laying will be as high as
ggs; in the three-finger as high az
Eggs: in the four-finger MS high as
eggs, and in the fivc-finger as high
30 eggs-all being Judged by tn" thick
of the plvic bone.
TRAP NEST SUREST WAY.
is not for me to c~riticise this meth
l believe 1t is a good one. From
t experiments | ave made to date
ow II is possible to pick out the pull.
with the egg-laying caplCity-ant
\ type; but when it gets dow to tbs
Der of eggs a hen will lay in the year
r is only one absolutely sure IA
that is by the means of the trap nest
. American poultry world is vel
ainted with the name OF Tom Bar
Barron sent birds from his home
fngland IL a number of egg contests
lis country and came out a winner
nade him famous. How did he dc
Ie adopted the inventions of Ameri
puultrymen-and worked the matte,
himself,
IRON said: W hear a lot abou
1elism. but my Mendelism is the
len trap nest, | trap nest absolutely
ind out the son Of the best lay
! like a good hen, mind. TO breed
hut 1t is the sons of the best lay
hat the trap nest L. useful for, par
hrly, in my opinion, | think the
erel is without doubt more than
the point, for the cockcrel it Is every
that transmits the laying qualities
he female, without a doubt. ! dc
think You breed the layers through
females a. all, although YOU ar
d to have good females to breed
cockerels."
was about the time Tom Barron
ed his farm that he read Of tral
as used by American poultrymen
Dked good to him. Here was a means
rhich he could improve his stock
at once installed these nests on his
lie credits the trap nest for hi
TIME WELL SPENT.
en- hear the argument advanced
oultrymen that they cannot affor'
ime to look after traps / really pit,
for the ignorance OF what Is gooC
hem. The actual amount Of time
med in looking after the nests !.
Eheapest labor on the farm. Wher
considered by the use of traps II IL
Bile to pick out the drones and save
ost of feed they consume-when /
owed that more eggs can he gath
from less h~ens-and, Furthermore
the trap nest shows that It can So
he winter LAYERS, the layers of tn
siza and best shaped eggs-ant
II Is able to arrest the egg eater
the profits that all this mean
tl,. .ff.A. ,l, =, .--, 49,.
for no other purpose, the bare fac
the trap nest enables one to keel
ecord Of each individual hen, give,
nee to select the champion layers
n chance to secure Cockerels from
Iest LAYERS, and that, too. withou
compelled to have separate mat
the mission OF this valuable devic,
untold worth, and more than doubl,
5 the cost of labor in attending I,
We mad trap nests no n woulC
e there was such a thing as a 200
oyer. Untll we had trap nests Their,
10 way by which it was possible t.
We the laying qualities of our flocks
k in our %boyhood days it wa
ht that tn" great layer WAS pro
By pepper. ginger. on some othe
atins food. Pullets were forced 70
rs were worth, only to break down
they became hens, The trap mes
hown where all this Is wrong. |
that layers are made more by
nj than by feeding, although tn,
& part must not he overlooked,
man who does not believe In traps