Milford chronicle., 1927-02-04
RECORD OF PULLETS
BETTER THAN Hens
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o'clock every evening, at which time
the birds were given an evening
lunch. These pullets were fed ra-
ton consisting of 100 pounds of bran
100 pounds of middlings, 100 pounds
of ground oats, 100 pounds of 55 per
cent meat scrap, 100 pounds of corn
meal and 25 pounds of dried skim
milk. Grain was fed at the rate of
two parts of cracked corn to one
part of wheat and cabbage and cur
ly kale were fed from October 1 to
March 81 at the rate of pounds per
day to each 100 birds. These pull
lets were turned out on a grass
range, in the afternoon only, from
April 1 to October 1, and no wet
mash was used. They were housed
in a shed roof front house and wheat
straw was used as a litter during
the entire year.
The best flock of pullets consisting
of from 100 to 400 birds received no
artificial lights, and the ration con-
sisted of a commercial mash and
scratch grain, with five percent of
minerals and charcoal added. In
addition to this mixture, terminated
oats were given to the birds each
morning at 8 o'clock, and whenever
the production began to drop wet
mash was fed for a few days. This
flock also received the sour milk
from three cows and cabbage ana
sprouted oats were used for green
food. These single comb White
Leghorns were kept in a Cornell
shed roof house with an open front,
and wheat straw, which was chang
ed frequently, provided the litter.
OF the smaller f1ocks of pullets
ranging in lots of less than one
hundred. a flock of single comb
White Leghorns produced the high
est egg record for the past year
Artificial lights were used to allow
for an evening lunch, but no wet
mash was fed at any time during
this period. The birds received a
commercial mash in addition to a
grain mixture consisting of 500 lbs.
of cracked corn, 300 lbs. of wheat,
100 lbs. of oats and 100 lbs. of buck
wheat. Cabbage and sprouted oats
were fed as green food during the
winter, and wheat or rye was used
as a summer pasture.
The best flock of hens of 400 ana
over was a flock of White Leghorns
which was culled every two weeks
from June 1 to October 1, and the
birds were kept in a shed roof open
front house with straw as litter.
Artificial lights were used in the
mornings from October 1 to April
l in order to give the hens twelve
hour day and a mash and grain mix
ture consisting of 400 lbs. of corn
meal. 400 ponds of wheat bran, 400
ponds wheat middlings, 800 lbs. of
alfalfa meal, 200 pounds of dried
butter milk, 200 lbs, of fresh meal
500 lbs. of bone meal, so lbs Of shell,
10 lbs. of salt, 200 lbs. of cracked
corn and 100 lbs. of wheat. Mangels
and cabbage were fed in small
amounts during the winter and
throughout the year, the birds re-
ceived each day two lbs. of germln-
ated oats for 100 hens. A wet masn
was fed whenever the production
began to drop.
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size from 100 to 400 birds, the high
est producers last year were single
comb White LeghOrns on which no
artificial lights were used and no
wet mash fed. The birds received
the commercial grain and mash mix
lures, with alfalfa, turnips and rape
as green food. General cleanliness
in the houses and yards was prac-
ticed by the owner who attributes
much of his success to this one i'm
portant factor in profitable poultry
husbandry.
No artificial lights were used on
the best flock of white Leghorn hens
in those focks ranging in size OF
less than one hundred birds. A
home mixed grain and mash was fed
and green food was supplied by al
falfa pasture in the summer and
cabbage was used in the winter at
the rate of eight pounds to every 100
birds. A wet mash has been fed
since August 1st, and two pounds OF
terminated oats were given to each
100 layers daily during this period. /