980 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



per day per house of twenty-two birds. In addition to this, dry bran and the corn 

 meal screened from the cracked com mixed in equal parts was before the birds all 

 the time in a hopper of which each house of twenty-two birds consumed 1 pound per 

 day on the average. Grit, oyster shell, charcoal, and meat scrap were in the hoppers 

 all the time within reach of the fowls. 



During February and March, green ground bone was fed three times per week at 

 the rate of 1 ounce per bird at each time fed. Green feed was given once a day at 

 noon. Whole turnips were fed during the first part of the winter, followed by sprouted 

 oats. The oats were sprouted in small flats 12 inches by 20 inches and 3 inches deep 

 under the green house bench. The oats were placed abo-ut 1-inch deep in the flats 

 after having been soaked to moisten them thoroughly. Two quarts were used to a 

 flat. When the oats had grown 2 or 3 inches tall a flat was divided amongst the ten 

 pens, giving each house a piece 4 inches by 6 inches. This served as an excellent 

 green food, and can be as well sprouted in a warm cellar. 



BROODER HOUSE. 



During March a brooder house 11 feet by 21 feet was erected, making two 10 feet 

 by 10 feet rooms. This house was built after the Simplex Brooder plan, 4 feet to the 

 plate at each side and a ceiling 6.J feet high in the centre. Two 2 feet by 3 feet win- 

 dows at the south side of each room were placed for light, and the necessary ventila- 

 tors constructed. A kerosene oil brooder stove has been set in one of these rooms, 

 which will make it possible to take care of 500 cliicks at one time in one room. 



INCUBATORS. 



Two incubators have been purchased, one a 390-egg Prairie State and the other 

 a 200-egg Tamlin. These machines have been set up in the barn root cellar, which 

 is now clear of roots. 



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