400 



The- tftiiiperatiires of many hoiis ol»s«*rve<l in roiiiifrtion with tlit- innibntor 

 f'xpfiiin»'nt», arc hardly eoiisisteiit with tin- tlicury of •' iiiriiliatiii;! fi-vt-r" so oftc-u 

 ailv:iiK<;<l. Tlu" tfiii)»Tatiin' of hens not sittinf^ varii-d in snn>in<-r niontlirt from 1U3 F. 

 to UH» ,niany Itcinji overKH) ; and of sittinjjf h<ns from U»*J.4 K, to lOG.o , theliiglnst 

 (disorvcd anion*; those just Itcj^innintj to sit being KB^.U'. 



(3) Keepiiiff lygs in ihi/ jxuk'nuj. 



A fi'W of tlic methoils of packing ••;;gs dry for kt-cpin;; havo been tried. With 

 these the ofjgs were all wiped when fresh with a rag saturated with fat or oil in wliieh 

 had lieen mixeil simie antisejttic. and paekeil tightly in salt. bran. <t<-. Eggs paeked 

 <luring April and May in salt, and which had been wiped with eottou-.M-i-*! oil to 

 wliiih ha<l been ad<led boraeie acid, kept from 4 to 5 mouths with a loss of nearly 

 one thinl, the quality of those saved not being good. Kggs )>aeked in bran, aft «T 

 tiic Hame jtreliminary handling, were all s]>oiIed at'ter 4 months. Eggs paeked 

 in Halt during March and April, after wiping with vaseline to which salicylic 

 acid had been added, kept 4 and 'y months without loss; the qnality after 4 

 months wa« much siipc'rior tt» ordiiuiry limed eggs. These pa«ke«l eggs were all 

 kfjit in a barn c»llar, the ordinary temperature of which varied from «!0 to 70 F.. 

 and each box was turned (»nc<' every U days. Little ditVerence was «d»served in 

 tile keejiing of the fertile or the infertile eggs, and no ditference was noticeable in 

 th<- keeping qualities of eggs from diflVrent fowls or from those on different rations. 



(4) Caponizing. 



During our experience in caponizing many "slips" have appeared among those 

 birds which were <ddest when the operation was ]>erforme<l. The most favorable age 

 seems to be within a few weeks after the time when the sex ran readily be ilistin- 

 "iiislied, and with those ca|ioni/.ed at that time very few slips have been observi-d. 

 Some have been operated upon by means of the second incision from the left si«le, 

 but so far little advantage has a]>]>eared in this method. None have been lost here 

 tiiis year from tlie_ opi-ration, and if care is taken in the fasting of the fowls and in 

 selecting a bright day. there is no need of the fatality that is so olteii reported. 



Ferilinn rrpnimnits iritli p'njs pj). 141-l(!li. — .Vcnuiiits ;>i«> ^NV«']i <»f 

 tlir I'Xin'iiiiM'iits n'])(»rt<'(l in Iliillttiiis Nos. L'L' and L'S of tin' station (mh^ 

 Exju'rinirnt Statimi INmokI. \o1. ii. |»|i. JSl* anil 7.>."»). and analyst\»< of 

 l>i<; nninnrr. 



Sorghum (pp. KiL'-HiSi. — Taliulatcil noirs on .iO vari«'ti«'s. rosnlts ol" 

 examination of soi-^linni jnicfs. and analysis of one saniph' of sorglnini 

 seed. A trial of t<»p dirssin;; onr lialtofi-acli row of .»;or;:linin witli rar- 

 bonat*' of linu' ( 4,(I0(> jiunnds per acir) indicatnl no advantap' from 

 limin^i in n'^ard to yield of «an(' and timr of matnrity. Tlio jni<«'s 

 of tin' caiM's jjrown on limrd soil (12 varieties) av«'ra«red 11.31 per 

 cent of «'ane siij;ar. and those of eanes of the same varieties ami sta;xf 

 of Miatiirity j;i'o\vii on nnlinied soils, lO.L'S ]n"r cent. 



So lar as a single expiriiiieiif goes tliis ri-siiit is in accord with the idea that an 

 a]i]ilication of some form of lime is of value to the sorghum croji on soils that contain 

 litth" lime or in which the magnesia exceeds the lime. Every sample of soil from 

 the station farm tli.it ha.s lieeii analyzed has contained leas lime than magnesia, the 

 average in all the top soils being O.i;.') ])er cent of lime (Ci»(1) and l.'2l per cent of 

 magnesia (MgO). 



Fiild cvptrimnif irith nnfs (jip. 1(»S. KIO), — A brief re]>ort of an 

 nnsin-cessful fertili/er test with oats on "Jl t wentiethaere i»lats. "The 

 whole field was badly atVeeted by rust.'' 



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