The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1922-01-12
WILL SHOW VALUE OF GOOD
STOCK IN BUILDING UP FLOCK

Announcement will be made at the
Saturday of a projected experiment
to show the value Of a good male in
building up a flock.
The following is the plan of the
experiment:
The data is to be secured by en-
tering pullets of each of the six birds
Nos. 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 31S,
mated with cock of pen pedigree
(the hens from which he was pro-
duced averaging 284 eggs and no
hen less than 280 eggs) from the
Western Washington Experiment
Station, in at least three Egg Laying
Contests.
Each one of the six birds have OF
FICIAL RECORDS of 294, 165, 178,
161, 143, and 235 eggs respectively
in twelve months lay at the Western
Washington Egg Laying Contest
192O-21, Western Washington Ex-
pertinent Station, Puyallup, Wash.
The Cock was picked from pen
of one year old birds at the Western
Washington Experiment Station by
Mr.. w. d. Buchanan, Poultry Extern
sion Specialist, Pullman, Wash.
The Chix from these matings to
be marked individually and rep
resentative of each mating to be en-
tered in at least three Egg Laying
Contests; the birds to be selected
as near alike as possible in quality.
Two pens of the same breeding to
be held in Whatcom County for feed
ing trials if possible to secure that
Il; rI, Of hirdQ haVQ
been picked.
The data from these Contests of
interest to the Poultrymen OF What
| com County shall be compiled month
ly and given to the Poultrymen thru
the County Agents office and in CO.
operation with the Poultry Specialist
of the Extension Dept. of the Exper-
iment Station. For this reason and
to make it clear general outline of
this project is given as follows.
Object. The object of this project:
1. To demonstrate and teach the
poultry management methods as ad-
vocated by the poultry department OF
the State Experiment Station.
2. To demonstrate that certain
definite relationships exist between
proper feeding methods and cost of
| egg production, that Poultrymen may
| be convinced of this relationship, and
practice those methods which are
known to be most practicable.
3. To demonstrate that there is a
certain standard, which varies each
year in accordance with climatic con-
ditions, whereby Poultrymen may
measure the efficiency of their meth
DDS accordingly to best suit their
local conditions.
4. To induce Poultrymen and Poul-
try keepers to keep more and better
turns of their poultry.
Procedures:
The monthly reports on feeding
management, egg production and any
other subjects of interest to the Poul-
trymen shall be compiled and given
to the poultrymen for comparison.
Taking into consideration that
these records are obtained from men
that are handling the birds scientif-
ically and although the contests will
represent different climatic condi-
lions and taking into account the
large number of birds considered,
one may rightly conclude that the
average figures which are to be OBJ
tanned should be very accurate and
characteristic of the conditions of
these poultry problems in the County.
! On the whole this should give him
reliable standard by which to
Judge his results and show at the
end Of the year what advantages are
to be expected by the introduction
of good cockerels in his flock.