REPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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, Table IV. — Showing the progress of twelve chickens with a run in a field as compared 

 with the same number kept in a limited run, but fed the same rations. Compare 

 with preceding table. 



Table IV. — Free Range. 



Average weight at beginning of experiment 1-Sf- lb. 



" gain in two months, on September 1 1-15 " 



FERTILIZATION OF EGGS. 



HATCHING RESULTS FROM LARGE AKD SMALL GROUPS OF FOWLS. 



Many persons entertain the opinion that in order to have strong fertility in eggs 

 only a small number of hens should be mated to one male bird. The following table 

 goes to disprove this. It shows that better results followed the mating of thirty 

 females to one male than with five hens to a single male bird. The eggs were hatched 

 both by hens and by incubators. The fowls in the larger matings were kept in 

 unheated houses and had a run of about 100 square feet each. The eggs marked by 

 an asterisk were hatched by hens, the others in incubators. 



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