HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



EASTERN STATES GROWING 

 MASH A GOOD CHICK STARTER 



Ea.stern St;itf.s Farmer.-^' Kxohangv, 

 Springfield. Mass. 

 Gentlemen: — 



On April 25th. 1923. I hatched 558 

 chicks from a flock of pureblood 

 Rhode Island Red pullets, started 

 them on Eastern States Chick Grains 

 and Growing Mash, changing to the 

 coarser Eastern States Intermediate 

 Scratch and Scratch Grains as soon 

 as the birds were large enough and 

 finally to the Eastern States Egg- 

 Mash as the pullets reached matur- 

 ity, and the following is a brief out- 

 line of the results. 



M.\- entire loss from all causes 

 totaled but 26: the chicks grew at 

 an amazing rate so that I was able 

 to furnish three pound broilers the 

 10th of July. These broilers, hav- 

 ing open range at all times, were 

 fed entirely on Eastern States 

 Scratch and Growing Mash with 

 nothing added to fatten them, but 

 when dressed, they were plump and 

 .yellow, and upon opening, showed a 

 fine layer of fat seldom to be found 

 on broilers of this weight. 



The pullets developed rapidly lay- 

 ing the first egg the ISth of Sep- 

 tember and weighing an average of 

 5 pounds each the 1st of October at 

 which time they were culled and 230 

 placed in their winter quarters. 

 They made a rapid gain in egg pro- 

 duction through October, and No- 

 vember 1st I entered them in the 

 Hampshire County Egg Laying Con- 

 test and the record of eggs per bird 

 averaged each month foi' the year: 

 November 11.43 May 21.24 



December l(i.76 June 20.35 



January 13.53 July 16.55 



February 12.04 August 14.24 



March , 21.04 September 14.31 

 April 22.18 October 9.78 



This i.s an average of 1!I3.45 eggs 

 per bird. 



With other grains. I have had 

 more or less trouble with winter 

 moulting, but very few of these 

 birds moulted at all. Those which 

 did lo.st only a small part of their 

 feathers and continued egg produc- 

 tion right through the moult. Of 

 course this high production made me 

 fear for the hatch ability of the eggs 

 as the time approached for .starting 

 incubators. However, practically all 

 of the eggs from February 1st to 

 June 1st were incubated and the per- 

 cent hatched ranged from 57 per- 

 cent on the early eggs to 88 percent 

 on the later ones, nliieli proved to 

 me tliat liiffli production and liateli- 

 :ihilit.v nii^lit KO lianil in li:ind if tlie 

 proper riition «a.s fnrnisiied tlie 

 l»reedinji; .stoek. 



April 25th. 1924. I hatched 1052 

 chicks from the pullets above de- 

 scribed, fed them entirely on East- 

 ern States Grains with a total loss 

 of only 38 and a little better results 

 than last year as the pullets reached 

 the average weight of 5 pounds 

 about 10 days earlier, laid their first 

 eggs 10 days earlier, and are making 

 a little higher production record to 

 date. It is needless to say that I 

 am still using Ea.stern States Grains 

 exclusivel.v. 



Respectfully yours. 



Frank D. Steele. 

 Wauewton Farm, Cummington. Mass. 

 \^ here reeord.s sire kept. Knstern 

 •State Open Formula FeedK prove 

 their worth. For the formulae of 

 the Poultry and Dairy Rations and 

 for information on the Feeds and 

 Fertilizers being distributed by the 

 Exchange this season, write the 

 office. 



Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange 



SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 



EGG LAYING CONTEST 



Fine Egg Production Continues in Many 

 Flocks 



The state summaiy shows that pullets 

 averaged to lay 9.9 eggs per bird in De- 

 cember while hens averaged 3.6 eggs. 

 The pullet average is nearly up to the 

 standard which calls for 10 eggs per bird 

 for flocks that are to average 160 eggs 

 per bird during the year. The average is 

 helped by the leaders that are over 10 

 eggs per bird. In the Farm Flocks there 

 were 7 besides the leaders who got 

 over 10 eggs per bird. This shows that 

 if stock is healthy, early hatched, proper- 

 ly fed and comfortably housed, high egg 

 production can be obtained. Falling 

 down on any one of these factors means 

 less eggs per bird. 



The following is the state summary. 



Size of Flocl< 

 Poultry Farm Small 



No. farms reporting 

 No. hens and pullets 

 Percentage hens 

 Percentage pullets 

 Eggs laid per pullet 

 Eggs laid per hen 

 Total production per bird 

 Price rec'd per doz eggs 



The following are the County Leaders 

 for December: — 



Eggs 

 Per Bird 



I. Small Flocks 



1. Mrs. G. C. Arnold, Cummington 15.8 



2. Mrs. Charlotte Buckley, 



So. Hadley 8.8 



3. S. A. Clark, Williamsburg 



II. Farm Flocks 



1. Stafford F. Thomas, Amherst 



2. Miss Minnie Moody, Amherst 



3. Mrs. J. R. Gould, Belchertown 



4. A. H. Ballou, Ware 



5. H. T. Newhall, Amherst 



III. Poultry Farm Flocks 



1. H. C. Booth, Belchertown 



2. Geo. E. Scott, Belchertown 



3. Frank Steele, Cummington 



4. S. Ellis Clark, Williamsburg 



5. Miss Lena Pomeroy, Amherst 

 Many of the flocks have experienced 



partial moult. Except on very early 

 hatched birds this could be largely avoid- 

 ed by heavier feeding of scratch grains, 

 particularly whole corn, at night. Some 

 men have brought flocks out of the moult 

 quickly by adding 2 to 3 per cent cod liver 

 oil to the mash. Moulting is usually pre- 

 ceded by birds growing thin. Another 

 cause of poor production is the failure to 

 keep litter dry. Birds with cold feet do 

 not lay well. Change the litter and see 

 that the houses are properly ventilated so 

 that it will keep dry for a long time. 



ronltry lireeder.s Seln»ol 



Continued from page 1, column 2 

 you may get pullets that vary from no 

 eggs to quite a number over two hundred. 

 It is in the attempt to reduce this varia- 

 tion, or to make it vary in the right direc- 



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