902 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Plymouth Rock cross, tlie Plymouth Rock and common cross, and the Wyandotte 

 had most feathers. The Indian Game had very few feathers but was i)lump. The 

 cost of feed per chicken to 8 weeks was 7.5 cts. The cost of feed per chicken to P2 

 weeks was 12 cts. The cost for feed when this experiment was made was unusually 

 high. No account of green food given was kept." 



Brief statements are made regarding remedies for some common poultry diseases. 



Poultry experiments, J. H. Stewart and H. Atwood ( Wrd Virginia Sta. Bui. 

 83, pp. 443-465, pJi<. 3)'. — Beef scraps, ground fresh meat and bone, and milk 

 albumen as sources of protein for laying hens were compared with 3 lots each con- 

 taining 10 White Leghorn pullets, 10 two-year-old hens, and 2 cocks. All the lots 

 were fed corn and oats, whole and ground, wheat and wheat bran. In addition lot 

 1 was fed the beef scraps, lot 2 the milk albumen, and lot 3 the ground fresh meat 

 and bone during the first period of the test (120 days) . During the second period, 

 which was of equal duration, the grain i-ation was practically the same as Ijefore, but 

 the animal feeds were reversed, lot 1 receiving the fresh meat and bone, lot 2 the 

 beef scraps, and lot 3 the milk albumen. Throughout the test an attempt was made 

 to feed practically the sam;e amount of protein to each lot, but at no time were the 

 fowls fed heavily. 



At the beginning of the trial the hens weighed about 3.2 lbs. and the cocks not far 

 from 4 lbs. During the first period slight gains were made. During the second 

 period there was a small loss in nearly everj^ case. In the first period the fowls 

 receiving beef scraps laid 386 eggs, those fed milk albumen 228 eggs, and those fed 

 fresh meat and bone 279 eggs. In the second period 987 eggs were produced on the 

 beef scrap ration, 935 on milk albumen, and 947 on fresh meat and bone. The cost 

 of feed per dozen eggs in the first period on the 3 rations was 17, 30.4, and 23.1 cts., 

 respectively. In the second period the cost was 6.6, 7.3, and 6.8 cts., respectively. 



"More eggs were laid by the fowls when fed beef scraps than when they received 

 either ground fresh meat and bone or milk albumen. The health of the fowls 

 remained uniformly good throughout the test, and the low egg yield was due jmrtly 

 to the fact that the houses in which the fowls were kept were not constructed wai-m 

 enough for economical egg production during the winter, and partially to the fact 

 that the fowls were not fed heavily at any time for egg production, as many of the 

 eggs were incubated, and strong, vigorous chicks were desired." There was no 

 material difference in the fertility of the eggs from the different lots. 



In a test covering 2 periods of 60 days each, made with 5 lots, ground grain was 

 compared with whole grain for the morning and evening ration of laying hens. 

 Lots 1, 2, and 3 were composed of 20 White Leghorn hens and 2 cocks nearly 1 year 

 old at the beginning of the trial. Lots 4 and 5 each contained 20 White Leghorn 

 hena and 2 cocks about 4 years old. The grain ration consisted of corn and oats, 

 unground and ground, the latter being made into a mash with water. Some dry 

 beef scraps were given to the chickens receiving whole grain, and were mixed with 

 the mash of the other lots. During the first period lot 1 received whole grain scat- 

 tered in the litter in the morning, and mash at night; lots 2 and 4 were fed mash in 

 the morning and whole grain at night, and lots 3 and 5 were fed entirely upon whole 

 grain. The younger fowls weighed about 3 lbs. at the beginning of the trial and the 

 older fowls not far from 3.33 lbs. At the close of this i:)eriod all the lots had lost a 

 little in weight. The greatest number of eggs, 674, were laid by lot 2 (young fowls 

 fed a mash in the morning), and the smallest number, 519, by lot 3 (young fowls fed 

 whole gram). The total feed eaten per lot ranged from 269 lbs. with lot 1 to 274 lbs. 

 with lots 4 and 5. The cost of feed per dozen eggs ranged from 5.4 cts. with lot 2 to 

 7 cts. with lot 3. 



In the second period the rations were reversed in such a way that lot 2 was fed 

 whole grain in the morning and mash at night, lots 3 and 5 a mash in the morning 

 and whole grain at night, and lots 1 and 4 were given whole grain. Lot 2 neither 



