380 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



aud are designated as follows: Light-weight thoroughbred, strong thorough- 

 bred, weight-carrying hunter, and artillery wheeler. The last named is the 

 hardest type to obtain, but It is suggested that the Yoi'lishire coach horse, the 

 old Devonshire pack-horse, the Irish draft horso, and the thorouglibred might 

 be used as foundation stock. 



[Report of] the professor of poultry husbandry, W. R. Graham (Ann. Ri)t. 

 Ontario Agr. Col. and ExiJt. Farm, 35 (IDO'J), pp. ]57-162).—The difference in 

 the percentage of egg production in favor of the cold or fresh air house during 

 5 years for the months of December, January, February, and March, beginning 

 December. 1904, was found to be for 1905, 76 per cent ; 1906, 8 per cent ; 1907, 

 ll.S per cent: 1908. 15.6 per cent; and 1909, 12.4 per cent. 



The egg production of eaiiy and late hatched pullets was compared. Be- 

 tween November 1 and July 1, April hatched pullets averaged 77 eggs each and 

 June hatchefl pullets, 48 each. The cost of feeding 25 pullets and 2 males for 

 1 year, beginning November 1, was $29.64. The number of eggs laid was f>.053, 

 valued at .$62.34. Five hens, rated at 50 cts. each, died dui-ing the iteriod, 

 making the i»rofit $30.20. Each bird consumed 19.64 cts. w^orth of animal food 

 and 5.").5 lbs. of grain valued at 94.12 cts. 



With chicks hatched early in May and kept in a pasture, 345 consumed 4.304 

 lbs. of grain. The cockerels were removed when they weighed about 3^ lbs. 

 each, and the breeding stock was taken from the pasture October 22. With 

 other chicks reared in au orchard, 773 consumed 8.649 lbs. of grain. These 

 were hatched and taken out at different times. These figures indicate that a 

 4-lb. cockerel can be raised on from 13 to 14 lbs. of grain worth about 21 cts. 

 Other data showed that it cost from 5 to 7 cts. to hatch the chicks. 



Egg records for the year 1908—9 {Dept. Af/r. and Tech. Instr. Inhtiid Jour., 

 10 (1910), \o. 3, pp. 501-518). — The general average for all Hocks recorded 

 was little more than 109 eggs per bird per year. One flock of Barred Plymouth 

 Rocks laid an average of 187 eggs per bird i)er annum, but this was the only 

 flock giving more than 180 eggs. White Leghorns gave a general average of 

 128.5 eggs per bird, with the average of the best flock of the breed 176.S, aud 

 of the lowest flock 85. The Plymouth Rocks had the comparatively poor gen- 

 eral average of 93.3. The only pen of Houdaus for which complete retui'ns 

 were made showed the high average of 153.9 eggs per bird. 



Farm poultry (Quart. Rpt. Kans. Bd. Agr., 29 (1910). Xo. 113, pp. 137-2->,9, 

 pis. 7, figs. 5). — This consists of numerous articles by various authors on the 

 rearing, managing, and marketing of farm poultry. The information is taken 

 from experiment station bulletins, farm itapers. and other sources. Most of 

 the exi)erimental data have been previously rei»orted. 



Incubation and brooding', M. A. Jull {Prov. Brit. Cotumhia Drpt. Agr., 

 Poultry Dipt. Bui. 27, pp. ^5, pi. 1, figs. 28). — The principal topics discussed in 

 this bulletin are the structure of the egg. development and growth of the chick, 

 the production of eggs suitable for hatching, natural and artificial incubation, 

 and the brooding, feeding, and housing of chicks. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



The dairy herd, O. E. Day (Ann. Rpt. Ontario Agr. Col. and E.rpt. Farm, 

 35 (1909), pp. 13J,-lJil).— The record of the dairy herd for the past year is 

 given and feeding experiments are I'eported. 



Oats were compared with a mixture of oats and barley as a grain ration for 

 dairy cows. In one trial the average yield of milk per head per day on the oat 

 ration was 28.19 lbs. of milk, containing 4.02 per cent of fat. On the oat and 

 barley ration the yield was 28.09 lbs. of milk, containing 3.94 per ceut of fat. 



