120 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



tion of the poultrymen of the world, a record during the twelve 

 months from the time he goes home tonight of at least one 

 pen, so that a year from now he can tell us what that pen did 

 per month during the year. That is what we want him to tell 

 us, because he is on the road to a great success or a great fail- 

 ure under this twentieth century style of breeding hens. 



Mr. TiLLiNGHAST. I will say to my brother in reply to 

 that, that I hope some time to give the public some figures, but 

 our plant now is in an embryonic stage. We have not been able 

 to keep a record which the public might deem satisfactory. 

 We are sometimes handicapped with help. Sometimes a man 

 that is used to doing all sorts of work about the place gets sick 

 and we have to do it ourselves. All those things enter into the 

 cost. I have had a record which has been kept to the satisfac- 

 tion of Tillinghast, but not for the public perhaps. Some time 

 I mean to have figures that can be given out. When I get my 

 plant covered with poultry, I shall expect that the figures will 

 mount up into the thousands. I am afraid if I give figures to 

 the public that they would question my veracity. 



Mr. Graham. Mr. Chairman, I would say that at the Ex- 

 periment Station at Storrs, we are taking up that very question. 

 We have now several pens of stock that are getting snow. 

 Those birds have been getting cold water before breakfast 

 since about the first of November. We have several other pens 

 which are getting warm water twice a day, and have been since 

 the first of November. Sixteen pens, I believe. The others are 

 getting cold water. When they jump off the perch in the 

 morning they get a nice cold drink. Before very long we will 

 be able to give you some data. 



Mr. Tillinghast. How do those birds do that eat snow ? 



Mr. Graham. We have only had snow a couple of days, 

 Mr. Tillinghast. 



Mr. Stockman. The gentleman says on the platform here 

 that he is not telling \vhat he does but what he would do on 

 his ideal one hundred acres. I would like to inquire if he is 



