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New Mexico Station, First Annual Report, 1890 (pp. 8). 



This coiitaius a brief statement regarding the organization and equip- 

 ment of the station, an outline of the experiments planned, and a finan- 

 cial statement for the fisciil year ending June 30, 1890. During 1890 

 the station published two bulletins, abstracts of which may be found 

 in Experiment Station Record, vol. ii, pp. 418, 419. 



New York State Station, Bulletin No. 29 (New Series), April, 1891 (pp. 20). 



Feeding exteiiiments with l.\yin<: hkns, P. Collier, Th. D. 

 (pp. 417-H»4). — The experiments made at the station in 18S9, as to 

 relative effects of rations containing different i>roi>ortions of nitroge- 

 nous materials for laying hens, were continued in 1890. The exi>eriment 

 here reported extended from Xovember l.">, l.S,S!», to November 15, 1890, 

 and was madewitli four pens of fowls. Tlie tollowing rations were fed 

 to fowls of both the smaller (singlecombed White Leghorns, and white- 

 crested r.laek Polish) and the larger bree«ls (Plymouth Koeks, Light 

 Brahmas, iiixl i'.ull' ('othins): 



Pen r>, () liciis, sm.illir hm-ds.. ..O.if.s, rnni on tli(> cob, anil a mixtnre of 



linst'od nioal. bran, ami unnnul oats. 



Ton n, s hens, laij^or broods Nntritivo ratio, 1.42:{ to 4. :!'.». 



Pen 7, (» ln'iis, .snialbr brt'ods Oats, corn on tlio cob, atid ct)rn meal. • 



Pen H, H bens, larjror bn-ods Nutritive ratio, l.TiiI to fi.));?. 



Tims, while in ;\dditioii to oats and eoiii (»n tlie cob, pens .1 and fi 

 received a grain mixture containing from L'-.4 to -4 per cent of crude 

 protein, jtens 7 and S received corn n)eal containing ll.r» ])er cent of 

 protein. All the fowls were given corn silage, red clover, and at times 

 meat scraps. 



"Tlie fowls of contrasted pens were similar in regard to breed, age, 

 and immediate piientage, and until it months old were under the same 

 conditions of feeding, etc., but for the year preceding this trial were under 

 rations of the same character for each i»en respectively as those i'ed 

 during this last period. The year for which the results are here given 

 included the whole of the second laying season, all the fowls being 

 mature, averaging about 17 months old when this experiment began.'' 



The results are tabulated in detail for each pen. The average results 

 per hen for the whole year are given as follows : 



Anrufic niDnlitr and we'xjht of egtfn produced per fowl during one year and food 

 consumtd per day. 



Pfii 5, nninllor fowls 

 I'oli 6, lai iter fowls 

 Peu 7, Hniallor fowls 

 Pi'li 8, laiRer fowls 



morn nitrojienous ration 

 •corn-nioal ratiou 



No. of 

 eggs- 



< 43.7 



) : 4a 



U 6A7 



) I 50.1 



Weiglit 

 of eggs. 



Otinrf^. 

 01.48 

 IDH. 24 

 136.30 

 112.16 



Total 



water 

 frtc footl 

 per (lay. 



Ouncf*. 



3.30 



2..i7 

 3.27 



