Arizona republican., 1922-06-04

! averaged better than the all purpose
breeds. These figures are conclusive,
but there are two facts that one in
reading the reports cannot help but
notice, one is that in the pullet year
of laying during the months of No
vember, December January and Feb
ruary the Leghorns laid an average of
four eggs each and the general pur-
pose or American breeds laid ten
each. and during the month of Aug
ust, September and October the
American breeds laid 10 each and the
Leghorns 10. The heavy laying of
the Leghorns was during March,
April, May, June and July, when eggs
bring their lowest prices on every
market in the country whether it is
the Arizona, California or New York
markets. The other noticeable thing
is that contrary to a somewhat gem
eraI belief the actual weight of the
eggs of the, American breeds was
about one-tenth of pound per dozen
heavier than the eggs of the Leg
horns.
But here we come to another stun
bing block, the additional amount of
feed consumed by the heavier breeds.
1t is the same problem as the Jersey
COW versus the Holstein, and the
farmer knows that the extra feed
which the general purpose hens con-
sumo will overbalance any possible
gain that may come from a greater
eggs at time when eggs are higher
in price.
Must Eat to Work
The farmer is right. the Holstein
COW does eat more than the lighter
e--I-x . L ALL
Wyandotte Rhode Island Reds, or
Rhode Island White will eat more
than the Leghorn or the Ancona. If
you are observant and we expect that
all of you are, you will know that an
animal or fowl must eat if it accom-
plishes the purpose that you expect
it to accomplish. If you keep hogs
you want them to get fat, and you
know if they do not eat that they
cannot put on flesh. If your horses
don't eat you know that they can't
work. If your COW does notlconsume
an enormous amount of feed you are
pretty sure that the milk pail isn't
going to be filled from that COW. 1t
is just as true with the hen as with
the hog, horse or Holstein COW. If
you expect eggs or poultry meat, you
cannot be too economical of feed.
feed, we reiterate it lest there should
be any misunderstanding.
Just how much more will bird of
the American breeds consume than
will one of the Leghorns?
At the Kentucky experiment station
the difference in the amount of feed
consumed is about fifteen pounds of
feed costing at present prices here
fifty cents, possibly more in some
cases At Storrs. Connecticut, the
cost of feeding the heavier breeds
was about ) per cent higher than the
cost of feeding Leghorns, which would
figure just a little less than fifty
cents more for the heavier breeds.
Some figures which we have from a
local source based upon single
month indicate that the cost Of feed
ing Rhode Island Reds is about so
cents more per year than the cost of
feeding Leghorns. At the Vineland
contest the amount of feed consumed
per dozen eggs by Leghorns was only
per cent less than the amount of
feed consumed by the heavier breeds,
Average Consumption
At the Arkansas station the aver
age consumption of feed by Leghorns
was rs pounds of feed. or the gen
eral purpose breeds 80 pounds. a diff
ference of only II pounds, costing at
a high valuation less than so cents
more for a year, than the cost of
feeding the general purpose breeds.
At the government station at Belts
Vile, Maryland, to which We have al
luded before, the amount of feed was
almost the same as at the Kentucky
station, namely Is pounds more for
the heavier breeds than for the
lighter In practically all of these
experiments if you call them so, the
excess feed was almost entirely mash,
the amount of grain consumed by
and the heavier breeds be-
ing almost the same. Here we have
from sufficient number of authentic
sources to prevent successful contra
diction ample evidence that the
heavier breeds do consume more feed
than do the Leghorns-from so to so
cents more per year for each bird,
and right here let us remind you once
more that during the four months,
November to February inclusive,
those general purpose pullets lat the
government poultry station laid two
dozen more eggs than did the Leg
horns in the same time Two dozen
eggs worth at low average rs cents