FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



ing December: 



L1)S. Fat 



.Owner Address No. Cows per Cow 



F. D. Steele, Cummington 6 50.2 



D. R. Pomeroy, Amherst 8 43.1 

 Pelissier Brcs., Hadley 10 42.2 

 J. G. Cook, Hadley 13 41.3 

 W. H. Atkins, Amherst 11 41.0 



E. P. West, Hadley 32 37.1 

 r. C. Adams, Amherst 17 37.0 



IMPROVING HEN'S RATION 



Ordinary Feeds Lacking in Alinerals 

 and Vitamins 



A common ration for pullets in this 

 county is made up of corn, wheat and 

 oats as scratch feed and a ma.sh consist- 

 nig of com meal, bran, middlings, 

 ground oats and beef scrap. That such 

 a ration can be greatly improved is shown 

 by the experimental work carried on at 

 the Ohio Experimental Station. This 

 work shows that a ration such as the 

 above is lacking in minerals and in Vita- 

 mins A and D. The following table .shows 

 the results obtained with certain .suppli- 

 ments added to a basal ration like the one 

 commonly used here. 



Effect of supplements on productiov, and 



mortality of pullets and on hatchab- 



ility of eggs. 



Ration 



Experiment 1 



Basal only 



Basal + .skimmilk 



Basal + alfalfa hay 



Basal -f cod-liver oil 



Basal + range 



Experiment 2 

 Basal only 



Basal + cod-liver oil 

 Basal -|- range 



Z o. pt< S 



95 

 134 

 125 

 141 

 159 



89 

 124 

 150 



44 

 32 

 12 

 10 



cuoPd 



31.1 

 49.0 

 41.7 

 33.2 

 61.9 



40 46.3 



6 36.9 



14 58.3 



The outstanding points are, that, while 

 skim milk increased production, it failed 

 to prevent heavy mortality. Cod-liver 

 oil was effective in increasing production 

 and in preventing mortality. Alfalfa hay 

 was about as effective as cod-liver oil in 

 preventing mortality but was not quite 

 as effective in increasing production. Nu- 

 tritional roup was responsible for a large 

 part of the mortality in the flock getting 

 the basal ration and this ration plus 

 skim milk. This shows that there was 

 a deficiency of vitamin A in these rations. 



Nine different tests of hatchability 

 were made during the hatching season. 

 The eggs from the pullets on blue-grass 

 range hatched better than any of the in- 

 door groups. No improvement in hatch- 

 ability resulted from the cod-liver oil. It 

 appears that direct sunlight is essential 

 for best hatchability of eggs. In the 

 above experiment as much sunlight as 

 possible was excluded from the houses. 

 In other experiments where as much di- 

 rect sunlight as possible was gotten into 

 the houses, alfalfa hay gave 59.3 per 

 cent hatches, while clover hay gave 55.2 

 per cent and soy bean hay gave 60.5 per 

 cent compared with 60 per cent hatches 

 from the birds on range. 



A complete ration is needed for the 

 layers. Grains and their by-products 

 and packing house by-products do not 

 usually make a complete ration and re- 

 quire certain supplements. 



The best supplement to any ration is 

 direct sunlight and green forage. 



During the late fall and winter, al- 

 falfa, clover, soybean hay and cod-liver 

 oil prove valuable supplements for the 

 usual rations employed in the feeding of 

 poultry. I 



Successful feeding for egg production 

 depended largely upon the proper use of 

 the supplements in question. 



The legume hays improved hatchabil- , 

 ity of eggs, whereas cod-liver oil did not. 



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 milk bottles, and milk cans, rinses freely, leaving them bright 

 and clean. 



AHCOGENT is so mild that it will neither redden' nor burn 

 the hands, yet so economical and efficient, that one pound of 



AHCOGENT will wash more bottles than a pound of any 

 cheaper soda. 



AHCOGENT is a product of our own Laboratories and is test 

 proven. 



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APOTHECARIES HALL COMPANY 

 Waterbury, Conn. 



FARMERS TEST 

 FERTILIZERS 



C. J. 8C C. C. Wood Decide 



to Use E. S. High 



Analysis for 1927 



C. J. & C. C. Wood, Skowhe- 

 gan, Maine, ran for their own 

 information a test on three 

 fertilizers during the season 

 of 1926. They used a well- 

 known 4-6-10, Eastern States 

 4-8-10, and Eastern States 8- 

 16-20. The land was accur- 

 ately measured, the fertilizer 

 actually used was weighed, 

 and the various plots were cul- 

 tivated in identical fashion. 

 The crop was dug, graded and 

 weighed. 



For every dollar spent on 

 fertilizer the 4-6-10 yielded 



11.2 bu. of marketable pota- 

 toes, the Eastern States 4-8-10 



13.3 bu., and the Eastern 

 States 8-16-20 19 bu. Per unit 

 of plant food, the Eastern 

 States mixtures produced 

 practically the same quantity 

 of marketable potatoes, but 

 .since it takes less cash to buy 

 plant food in the high analysis 

 goods, the 8-16-20 returned 

 more per cash dollar spent for 

 fertilizer. There was much 

 less of the 8-16-20 to handle, 

 truck and store because the 

 Woods used less than half as 

 much 8-16-20 as they did 

 1-8-10. 



Commenting on their ex- 

 pei'iment in a letter to their 

 Exchange, C. J. & C. C. Wood 

 stated, "Shall use all Eastern 

 States 8-16-20 next year." 



The complete story of this 

 recoid is printed in the De- 

 cember Eastern States Coop- 

 orator. 



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