REPORT OF TEE POULTRY MANAGER 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DEDUCTIONS FROM ABOVE EXPERIMENT. 



The birds fed on sound wheat laid the greater number of eggs. The birds on 

 frozen wheat (fed whole and ground as described) lost weight. 



The fowls fed on sound gi-ain presented a more healthy appearance towards the 

 end of the experiment. 



EXPERIMENT WITH COTTON-FRONT HOUSE CONTINUED FROM 1907. 



The report of last year gave results for five months of egg-laying by 19 Buff Orping- 

 ton pullets which were placed during November, 1907, in a recently constructed 

 poultry-house with a cotton front. This small structure faced south, and, at the time 

 of its construction, was of advanced type. Views of this building, with an explanation 

 of its interior, will be found in the report of 1907-8. The following table gives 

 the results in egg-laying for the complete year, and also shows the average monthly 

 maximum and minimum temperatures, as noted by self-registering thermometers, for 

 the winter months. 



Table 7. — Cotton-front Poultry-house, unheated. Contained 19 BuS Orpington 

 hens, hatched between April 25 and May 28, 1907. Details of egg-laying, tempera- 

 tures and composition of rations. Compare this table with No. 8. 



RATIONS FED TO ABOVE FOWLS. 



Morning and evening. — Whole grain: ^ wheat, ^ oats. Thrown in litter on floor 

 of house. 



Noon. — Ground grain: 1 part corn, 1 part barley, 1 part oats, 1 part wheat bran. 

 2 Every third day : Ground raw bone. After April 24 replaced by meat scrap. 

 3. Every third day : (In winter) raw vegetables. 

 There was a constant supply of gravel and oyster shell. 



