POUI.TRY 



1495 



If all the animals had survived until the end of the experiment there 

 would have been a profit instead of a loss. It should also be mentioned 

 that the excessivel}^ high price of maize had a considerable effect on the 

 result Although the latter was negative in this case, the writer believes 

 that this method of fattening would be remunerative in Germany, since by 

 it otherwise useless products of the forest can be transformed into valua- 

 ble pork. The experiment is to be repeated in other communes. 



1105 - British Berkshire Society's Report. — Farmer & stock Breeder, voi. xxix, 



No. 1406, p. 1433. Ivondon, Sept. 4, 1916. 



The British Berkshire Society'' (i) has issued its annual report consisting 

 of a record of the main activities of the breed during the past year. A table 

 of export certificates issued for the past 10 years shows that 2181 certificates 

 have been given, 999 of which were for pigs exported to the Argentine. The 

 United States comes next in the list with 147, Canada third with 136, Rus- 

 sia fourth with 129, and Brazil fifth with 127. It is remarked, as indicat- 

 ing the weights to which the breed will grow, that Berkshire sows at six 

 months, in ordinary growing condition and given proper exercise, weigh 

 from 150 to 160 lb, and boars from 160 to 170 lb. At one year sows in 

 breeding condition weigh from 400 to 500 lb. and when full grown from 550 

 to 650 lb. Boars one year old in show condition have been known to weigh 

 600 lb. The success of the breed at Smithfield is discussed where no other 

 breed has had such a long run of successes in the carcass classes. 



1 106 -A Study of Constitutional Vigour in Poultry. — Rice. J. E. Comell University Agri- 

 cultural E ipenment station, Department ot Poultry Husbandry, Bulletin No. 345, pp. 43()- 

 357. Ithaca, N. Y., 1914. 



In the autumn of 1909 two experimental flocks of White I^eghorn 

 hens were formed. For the one all the largest hens were selected and it 

 was called the strong flock, for the other, or weak flock, the smaller hens 

 were chosen. During the next two years all the progeny were also divided 

 up into strong and weak flocks. Both kinds of fowls were kept under 

 identical conditions and received the usual Cornell rations for laying hens, 

 i. e. a dr}' grain mixture made up of : 



Ib;^. of 



60 



3^^ 



30 



wheat 

 maize 

 oat.s 

 buckwheat 



fed morning and afternoon in straw litter ; and in the afternoon only, 

 mash consisting of : 



60 

 30 



ID 

 50 



lbs 



of 



maize 



wheat 



wheat 



alfalfa 



beef 



.salt 



meal 



middlings 



bran 



meal 



scrap 



(i) E. Hunifrey, Shippon, Abingdon, Berks. .Secretary. 



