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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Coc'kerer.s l-^iit iirit.v 'I'est 



r<»ntinued from paj^e 11, column ?> 

 himself to be the better breeder. If, on 

 the other hand, but little difference is 

 discernible both males may be considered 

 as candidates for a second year of breed- 

 ing. 



Another judgment upon the breeding 

 males will be obtained in the selection of 

 their cockerels. At the broiler age from 

 one-third to one-half of the slower matur- 

 ing and smaller males will be discarded. 

 Again at the time of housing the pullets 

 from one-third to one-half may be dis- 

 carded. At mating time, when the sisters 

 of these cockerels have completed their 

 winter egg records, the chief basis for 

 comparing the original breeders will have 

 been obtained and final judgment can be 

 made. 



Because of the varying results obtained, 

 no two succeeding judgments will be the 

 same. In any case, one object of this 

 work is to get superior males to use the 

 following .reason with the general mat- 

 ings. If one of the matings has been 

 distinctly superior, cockerels from this 

 mating should be selected for this pur-, 

 pose. If the matings have given practi- 

 cally identical results it will be well to 

 save cockerels from both matings. Fur- 

 thermore, if pullets from these special 

 matings do not do as well as those from 

 the general mating?, a rather perplexing 

 situation results. Before any decision can 



be made under these circumstances, a 

 careful scrutiny of conditions, such as 

 feed, housing etc., should be made to make 

 sure that these circumstances were not 

 in any way responsble for the results. If 

 the surroundings are not responsible and 

 the hens with which the males were mated 

 are still considered to be a superior lot, 

 then it follows that pretty harsh judg- 

 ment should be made against the special 

 breeding males. It is not likely that these 

 results will be obtained but if they are, 

 the breeder should courageously face the 

 facts. 



What is to be done with the pullets 

 these matings? If the A-pullets are de- 

 cidedly better than the B-puUets the best 

 should be chosen for more special breed- 

 ing pens. These may be placed in the 

 same pen with the best of their mothers 

 and mated with their own father or an 

 unrelated male. In any case the original 

 A-male should be used again in some spe- 

 cial mating. Where both A and B-mat- 

 ings are about equally good and better 

 than the general run of pullets, there are 

 several possibilities. First, the two orig- 

 inal matings may be repeated. Second, 

 the A-cock may be mated with the B-hens 

 and the B-cock mated with the A-hens. 

 Other combinations including some of the 

 best pullets can be used. 



The advantage of having more than two 

 special matings are apparent for the fol- 

 lowing reasons. 



1. The chance of finding an extra good 

 breeder is increased. 



2. Succeeding matings where good 

 males are used again can be more easily 

 made without the use of inbreeding. 



Once a male of a particular mating has 

 been responsible for extra good results it 

 should be used or repeated so long as the 

 individual birds will breed. 



CHICK FEEDING 



Recommendations of The New Hngland 

 Agricultural Colleges 



1. .1/n.s/( 200 lbs. yellow corn meal 



100 lbs. bran 



100 lbs. middlings (prefer- 

 ably white) 

 100 lbs. oats, rolled, meal or 

 heavy oats finely ground 

 if meal is unobtainable 

 50 lbs. scrap 

 25 lbs. bone meal 



2. Scratch feed 200 lbs. yellow crack- 



ed corn 

 100 lbs. cracked 



wheat* 

 100 lbs. pinhoad oat- 

 meal* 

 *Omit if not east/ to get. 



3. Cod Liver Oil That in case cod liver 



oil is used, one pint to one quart 

 to each 100 pounds of mash de- 

 pending upon the proportion of 

 scratched to mash used, quality 



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