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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Tablk III. — Pen 37 — Adjoining- Xo. 3G — under same roof and of same description, 

 with cotton front scratcliiiig- shed. The inmates were 13 White Wyandotte hens, 

 two years of age in 1906. Trap nest record from November 1, 1905 to November 

 1, 1906. 



As with tlic Barred Plymouth hens in adjoining- pen 36. they had always been 

 kept in cold quarters. Eesults are slightly over S per cent better than those from the 

 birds in warmed pen 1 of house 1, and which is first given. 



Rations were the same as given to the fowls in pen 36 — the preceding one 



Table IV. — Pen 4. House No. 1. Warmed. Nine Buff Orpington pullets hatched 

 May 20, 1905. From November 1, 1905 to November 1, 1906. . 



The showing made by these pullets is not as good as those of the Barred Plymouth 

 Rock, or White Wyandotte hens of the cold 36 and 37 houses. 



* The eggs from the four hens marked with a star were not used for breeding purposes. 



Rations. — WTiole grain ^ oats, ^ wheat; mash, J ground oats; ^ ground corn; 

 Cut green bone twice per week. Grit, roots and drink water in regular supply. 



Quantities fed. — Whole grain, 398 lbs.; ground grains, used in making mash 

 which was given twice per week, 88^ lbs.; roots, 3 times per week, 58 lbs.; Cut bone, 

 twice per week, 27^ lbs. 



