HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



tion, and to be surer of results, that better [ 

 methods of breeding than mass selection j 

 are used. For this year, it was suggested 

 that the breeders try the Cockerels' Fu- 

 turity Test. ; 



In the Cockerels' Futurity method of ' 

 breeding, a test is made of the breeding 

 ability of two or more males. When the 

 results are studied, the breeder can elim- 

 inate or keep the mating according to 

 whether it is good or bad. The purpose 

 is to obtain better stock. It is of partic- 

 ular value in producing males which can 

 be used with the general matings to re- 

 produce the entire flock. This method 

 places much emphasis on the males be- 

 cause the single male in a given mating ! 

 contributes at least half of the inherited I 

 characteristics of the offspring. If he is 

 mated with 10 females, he is 10 times as 

 important as any one female. Thus ten 

 times as much care and forethought may 

 be well expended in his selection. 



This group of breeders is to receive 

 further instruction regarding the selec- j 

 tion of cockerels at broiler age. A sum- 

 mer meeting is to be held to demonstrate | 

 the selection of hens and cockerels for 

 breeders another year. Everyone re- 

 mained through the entire session which 

 speaks well for the interest shown in the 

 meeting. 



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The properly inoculated legume on soil 

 containing lime has numerous advantages, 

 both from the standpoint of the animal 

 and of the soil. The legumes produce a 

 higher average yield of hay than do the 

 grasses. Based on the yields shown in 

 the table, clover, for example, produces 

 3.6 times as much digestible protein to the 

 acre, and alfalfa 7.1 times as much, as 

 timothy. A glance at the table shows 

 how greatly clover and alfalfa exceed 

 timothy in content of calcium, alfalfa 

 having 30 times as much in the yield of 

 an acre. An acre of clover contains over 

 twice, and of alfalfa three times as much j 

 phosphorous as does an acre of timothy. 



For the present it may be assumed that 

 the legumes leave as much nitrogen in 

 the soil, in their roots and stubble, as 

 they take from it. Timothy, on the other 

 hand, gets all of its nitrogen from the 

 soil. The land then has less nitrogen, 

 equivalent to at least 44 pounds of am- 

 monia to the acre, after growing timothy 

 than it has after producing one of these 

 legumes. Furthermore, when the hay is 

 fed, the manure resulting from the clover 

 and alfalfa will, if carefully conserved, 

 return at least twice as much nitrogen to 

 each acre, in the case of clover, and in 

 the case of alfalfa about three times as 

 much as will timothy. Lime, then, 

 through legumes, furnishes non-legumes, 

 such as corn, oats, and timothy, with 

 nitrogen, and in a way might be looked 

 upon as an indirect nitrogenous fertilizer. | i 

 — Cornell Extension Bulletin No. 7S, Feb., .%. 



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These students are learning by actual tests and not by 

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