South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-19
RECORD POULTRY
FARMS MAKE GOOD
Purdue Establishes $50 in the
State With Excellent
Results.

From which varieties Of chickens
can the farmer make the most
money. the small so-called egg-type
like the Leghorn OF the heavier dual
purpose breeds like the Rhode Is
land Reds. These and many other
questions. concerning farm flOcks
are being answered by the records
obtained from $50 poultry record
farms which Purdue university has
established over the state and from
which reports are received each
month through the cooperation Of
the county agricultural agent.
These reports involve the number Of
hens kept, the daily egg production,
the eggs and poultry sold and con-
sumed. cost OF feed and other eX-
Penses. eggs set and the number Of
chicks raised. Each record farm
sends its report 10 the county agent
who checks it over and then for
wards il TO the podltry department
at the university. The movement Is
an egg laying contest with the vari-
Gus farms as the contestants.
Once every three months, a rep
resentative from the poultry divi-
sion at the university goes 20 each
county to meet with these record
keepers and discuss their problems
with them. Such meetings are held
at the county seat, usually in the
county agents office, and after the
records have been gone over, sug-
gestions for better work in the fu
ture are made.
Farmers Arc Inttrc ted.
Fears Of some that these meet
ings would not be we'll attended
have been quieted ny tho interest in
the work and the number that have
attended the meetings. One county
agent was much surprised at his
April meeting to have a farmer and
his WIFE stop wor; and drive Is
miles in a horse and buggy 10 at
tend the meeting. That they felt il
worth while was evidenced by their
assurance that the next meeting
would see them there.
Many interesting experiences are
| brought out at these meetings
which make them valuable TO all
those who attend. One man wanted
I to know if he was feeding his hens
enough The leader of the meeting
took the farmers records. turned 10
the ckboard and did a bit Of fig
uring 1T looks as if you could cut
down on the amount of grain fed at
/ least 20 pounds a day, if you will
make your hens eat 10 pounds more
of dry mash a day. This will give
you more eggs and save you 10
| pounds a day" said the leader. The
man went home TO try it out and as
he is keeping records. when this
month is over he will know for him
self.
Past experience has shown that
| profit is largely proportional TO egg
production and for this reason. the
egg production records which come
/ from these farms are of first inn
portance The county agent OBJ
/ tains these just as soon as possible
after the first of the month and
sends them to the university where
all records for the state are tabu-
/ lated and classified.
Has Fourteen Farms.
! DeKalb county, which has 4 rec
! ord farms led all others in egg pro-
| duction for the months % March
and April. Both times, II was a
I flock of White Leghorns that car
ried away the honors. but they were
/ on different farms both months In
] af a
Leghorn fiocks were recorded than
/ any other kind. The best 10 hocks
/ in egg production in the state for
the month of April are as follows:
/ George Schondel. White Leghorns,
/ DeKalg county; 4. r. Lutz, Brown
/ Leghorns. Dearborn county; Yer
non r. Miller. White Rocks. Fulton
county; p F. Stimely, White Leg
! horns. DeKalb county; Mrs. l. g.
/ Adams. Brown Leghorns. BarthOlo-
NEW county; w. l.. Herkless, Bar
red Rocks. Rush county; +. W.
/ Foster. White Leghorns, Lawrence
county: Guy NJ. Reith, Rhode Is
I land Reds, Elkhart county; Ezra
/ Leedy. Brown Leghorn, Fulton
county: Phillip Schneider. Anconas.
/ Posey county. Three OF the men. =.
/ +. Stimely. L. w. Foster and Phillip
/ schneider, who appeared among the
4 owners for one OF the Ia high fiocks
I in April had their names on the
/ March list after the records had
/ been recorded. Mr.. SchOnders
+ flock of White LeghOrns showed a
I production OF 81 percent for April
I for 30 hens At this rate he re-
ceived an average of about 20 eggs
+ per day or SIS eggs for the month
/ from his flock. -Four OF the fiocks'
I records showed a production OF -
percent. three OF them produced
better than 20 percent and the re-
naming three were between IS and
+ 20 percent producers. The number
OF hens in the fiocks varied from
So in Mr. Schondels flock OF White
/ Leghorns 10 300 in Mrs. l. G.
Adams flock OF Brown Leghorns.