Evening journal., 1923-01-10

cation OF good stock. These birds
are never forced for egg produc-
ton.
The house Is very convenient in
the interior. There is a water ba-
sin and a feed hopper In each pen.
In the front OF the house are win
dows with muslin curtains which
are dropped down oRly in very bad
weather.
In the other end OF the house the
laying hock Is kept, consisting OF
500 puliets and 200 culls. The culls
are not being sold al present as they
are a very low price. but are being
/ forced very hard for egg proeuc-
/ don. to see n 81 paws 10 keep them
over winter In this end Of the
/ house are electric lights. These are
turned on at o'clock In the morn
ing. The increase in egg produc-
ton by the use OF the electric lights
Is from 1870 TO 20eo. While the
lights are being used the amount Of
feed is increased. There Is also a
| carbon light which Is put in the
drinking water in the winter so as
/ TO keen n warm The nests are To-
Gated under the dropping boards.
The house r. built 50 az not 10 al
low any draft on the birds while on
the roost.
The laying nock is fed about
twice as much as the breeding
stock All OF the fesd Is mixed at
the poultry farm instead OF paying
the dealer OF feeds two prices for
mixing it The mash II composed
OF equal parts OF wheat bran. wheat
piddlinEs. corn meal. ground oats
and meat scrap. The scratch ra-
ton consists OF equal parts OF
cracked corn. wheat and oats. In
severe cold weather the amount OF
corn is doubled. Al noon sprouted
oats are fed at thu rate OF ? square
inches per bird. Semi-solld. butter
milk j. also fed with the water
which the oats are soaked in.
Enough is fed to last the birds
about twenty minutes.
Under the feed house was a Gel
lar containing an Incubator. This
incubator has capacity Of 2t6O
eggs. and Is divided into compart-
ments OF 10 .eggs each. The MA
chine turns the eggs automatically.
This does not give satisfaction and
the eggs are turned by hand. The
average hatch for this year was
679c. while the highest was 81 e..
The standard weight for setting
eggs AZ the poultry plant Is two
ounces.
The last place which We visited
in the morning was the orchard.
The first thing which we observed
there was an apple tree cleft-grsft-
ed with pear tree clOns. This was
an accident as the cions were sent
there for apple cions. The graft has
made a good growth and II will not
he removed. There were also some
apple trees cleft-grafted with some
new varieties OF apples. In trying
out new varieties. II you can obtain
an old tree. and top work the cions
Of the new varieties in the old tree
results can be obtained much ear
lier than setting out young trees OF
the new variety. Bhe trees which
were grated were as large a. the
trees not grated OF the same age.
These trees bear fruit or years
after they are grated. The trees
In this orchard were set 2Ox20 feet.
The idea In setting out the trees 30
close Is that more experiments may
be carried on.
There were several experiments
being carried on with both fertiliz-
ers and varieties. Each experiment
al plot contained 25 trees. As a
conclusion OF the different fertilizer
experiments IL may be seen that the
use Of nitrogen is very necessary.
This element causes heavy Yields
and more vigorous growth OF the
tree. The plots where no fertilizer
was used save very poor results. !
The yield Of fruit was very light 1
and the growth OF the tree was not |
nearly as good as when nitrogen /
was used. When nitrogen is doub- /
led the yield is heavier and the trees
have a more vigorous growth. but /
It is doubtful il it pays to double /
the nitrogen.
In these experiments every apple 4
is weighed from each tree and in
this way each variety is tested as
well as each mixture OF fertilizer.
In few years the experimental /
station will know which variety Is
best suited to this climate and
which mixture OF fertilizer Is most
profitable TO use. These figures will /
be very valuable to the farmers OF
this community.
This concluded the program for
the forenoon. Then all OF the boys
assembled on the green" OF the
Farm for a picnic lunch.
The Agricultural Club treated the
boys TO hot cocoa and apples. After
lunch Mr.. Armstrong. supervisor Of
agriculture. organized the boys into
groups for various games. The af-
.ernoon program began at 1880.
when short addresses were made by
Prof. r. w. Helm. Director OF Vo-
,ational Education, and Dean
Charles A. McCue. head Of the
school Of Agriculture, University OF
Delaware.
After the addresses the boys took
,art in judging contests in cattle. =
logs and poultry. Each boy judged ,
he stock according TO his own in !
tructions and placed them in first.
econd, third. and fourth places
tating reasons for placing the stock /,
: he did.
The final event OF the days pro- :
ram was a tour OF the University
including the different !,
laboratories in Wolf Hall. the gym :
asium. old college. and the Frazier
Held. Dean r. 7. Smith. in the alb
ence Of President Hullihen. ad-
ressed the boys before they return
d home. He expressed his desire
hat the boys visit the college at
ny time.