Regular Institutes 1615 



of grain in the morning and about all they will consume at the afternoon 

 feeding (in time to find grain before dark.) In the case of pullets or fowls in 

 heavy laying, restrict both night and morning feeding to induce heavy eating 

 of dry mash, especially in the case of hens. This ration should be supple- 

 mented with beets, cabbage, sprouted oats, green clover or other succulent 

 food, unless running on grass-covered range. Grit, cracked oj'ster shell and 

 charcoal should be accessible at all times. Green food should not be fed in a 

 frozen condition. All feed and litter used should be strictly sweet, clean and 

 free from mustiness, mold or decay. Serious losses frequently occur from 

 disease, due to the fowls taking into their bodies, through their intestinal 

 tract or lungs, the spores of the fungus causing molds. 



Results at Cornell, 1909-10, Twelve Months' Records 

 Best pullet (No. 3211) laid 257 eggs. 

 Next pullet (No. 3352) laid 245 eggs. 

 15 highest producing pullets averaged 236 eggs each. 

 Best single flock pullets averaged 182 eggs each. 



FACTS TO REMEMBER 



A silo 12 ft. diameter, 24 ft. deep, will contain 48 tons and will keep ten 

 cows for 240 days. 



A silo 15 ft, diameter, 24 ft. deep, will contain 72 tons and will keep fifteen 

 cows 240 days. 



A silo 14 ft. diameter, 30 ft. deep, will contain 96 tons and will keep twenty 

 cows 240 days. 



Note : Allowance should be made for settling from 3 to G ft. 



With plants 3 ft. x 3 ft. an acre will contain 4,840 plants. 

 With plants 32 ft. x 3^ ft. an acre will contain 3,555 plants. 

 With plants 6 ft. x 6 ft. an acre will contain 1,210 plants. 

 Orchard planting: 



25 ft. X 25 ft. = 69 trees. 



40 ft. x 40 ft. = 27 trees. 



Yield of a good crop of Farm Products per acre. 



Alfalfa 4 tons 



Barley 50 bu. 



Beans 20 bu. 



Buckwheat 20 bu. 



Cabbage 3 tons 



Clover 2J tons 



Corn (Shelled) 50 bu. 



Hay 2 tons 



Mangels 24 tons 



Millet 3 tons 



Oats 50 bu. 



Potatoes 200 bu. 



Rye 20 bu. 



Wheat 25 bu. 



