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The average egg product was soiii«'wh:it i:i favor of tlu- bons having less fat in their 

 foofl and the average size of the eggs hiid by them was a little larger. However, 

 during one period of 42 days in July and August, more eggs were obtained from 

 the hens having talloAv. During tlie first ])erio(l, while the hens were newly con- 

 fined, there were few eggs laid, and during the latter period many hens were 

 molting. 



The greatest difference observed was that the hens having the linseed meal nearly 

 all molted at the same time, earlier in the season, and more rapidly. Only a few of the 

 hens which had been fed tallow had begun to molt at the close of this feeding trial, 

 Octolier 6, by which time several hens from the other pen were in new plumage. 

 The tallow ration was apparently too deficient in nitrogen to encourage the growth 

 of new feathers, aud the results are in snpjiort of the advice to feed during the sum- 

 mer a highly nitrogenous ration to help early molting. 



The amount of tallow fed was not enough to afVcct tiie health of the fowls, and 

 they were throughout in better a]iparent condition than those of the other pen. The 

 average weight of the tallow-fed hens was but slightly the greater. 



Feeding salt to uens (pp. 22, 23). — A tiial was made with twelve 

 2-year-ol(l licn.s (Bialimas, Cocliiii.s. and Oaiiie crosses) to get indica- 

 tions of the anionnt of salt wliicliniay be fed without injury. The hens 

 were divided into two lots, wiiich were kept in separate pens, and both 

 received the sanu'foo<l (mixed grain, whejit, and grass), except that salt 

 was mixed in the food of one lot at the rate of from ().02l ounce to 0.()(!3 

 ounce ])er fowl «laily, and the other lot received no salt. This feeding 

 lasted 2 months. After that both lots were allowed salt. 



(iitil tli<' amount of (t.(KiS ounce per day for each hen was fed (at the rate of (>.3 

 ounces, nearly iuw iialf jiint a day for one hundred hens) no bad effects were 

 observed. This amount, however, was sulliiieut tot ause diarrhea in twoof the hens. 

 Ul)on reducing the amount of salt to (t.OlL' nuuce per liru the trouble disa))i>carcd 

 without other treatment. " * 



Tin- total gain in weight jier fowl tluring the first 2 mouths was, for those hav- 

 ing salt S.2 ounces, and for the others 10.."» ounces. During the last month it was for 

 those having Iiad salt on an a\eragc of 2.N ounct-s aud for the others 8.7 ounces. 'J'lie 

 total grain food consunud per day was for the salt-fed ]ien 4.17 ounces per fowl 

 during lirst 2 nu>nths and 4.2S ounces during the last montli.. For the other pen 

 the average was 8.4 ounces pi-r day for the Ii^.^t2 nmnths and 4. IS ounces for the last 

 mouth. During the first 2 moutlis il4 eggs were obtained fnun the pen having salt, 

 and during the last umuth but 1 »'gg. while 47eggsweri> obtained from the other pen 

 during the first 2 months aud 14 during the last innulh. Tiie number of eggs laid 

 during this trial is not of great significant e, as it was about the eiul of the laying 

 season antl the hens wt-re old. * ' For mature ftiwls it is jirt)bable that salt at 



the rate of 1 t)unce ]>er day for one humlrcil fowls coultl, untler ortlinary conditions, 

 be fed withttut injury. 



North Carolina Station, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Annual Reports, 1890 

 and 1891 ipp. 22 and 31). 



These imltide an (Uilline of the work in the several (li\isions of the 

 station, statements regaiding the erjuipment of the station, a list of 

 the bulletins issued in LS!HI and 1S91, and financial reports for the ti.scal 

 years ending June 30, 1800 and ISOl. The station made an exhibit of 

 its work in dilferent lines at the Sotithern Exposition at Kah-igh. North 

 Carolina, in the fall of 18U1. In order to bring the station into closer 



