THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, NOVEMBER, 1927 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



With only one month to go on their poul- 

 try record, P. L. Wheelock of Amherst 

 and John Bloom of Ware are leading the 

 state in average egg production for flocks 

 under 500. H. C. Booth holds fifth place 

 in the group of flocks over 1000 birds. 

 The state summary follows: 



(Large Flocks with 1,000 Ptdlets or more) 



Eggs 

 Name County per bird 



Monroe & Nepper, Plymouth 181.6 

 Elm Tree P. F., Plymouth 177.6 



Peckham P. F., Bristol 167.3 



E. H. Castle, Plymouth 165.0 



H. C. Booth, Hampshire 164.4 



Homer Rowell, Essex 151.4 



Hass P. F., Bristol 150.4 



(Small Flocks 90 to 499 Pullets) 



P. L. Wheelock, Hampshire 217.4 



John Bloom, Hampshire 214.7 



Frank LeBlanc, Bristol 207.9 



John M. Lowe, Hampshire 204.6 



Frank D. Steele, Hampshire 200.2 



Nils Ohlson, Franklin 189.5 



E. W. Dexter 188.9 



The leaders in Hampshire County for 

 the past eleven months' period are as 

 follows : 



Birds 

 Birds per egg 



P. L. Wheelock, Amherst 267 217.4 



John Bloom, Ware 375 214.7 



John M. Lowe, Amherst 172 204.6 



Frank D. Steele, Cum'ton 300 200.2 



Mrs. R. P. Thayer 84 187.2 



The following table shows how the 



average county flock compares with the 

 average state flock. 



The State County 



No. farms reporting 135 16 

 Ave. No. females per 



farm Nov. 1, 1926 455 342 

 Reduction by death 



since Nov. 1, 1926 11.1% 7.2% 

 Total reduction since 



Nov. 1, 1926 69.4% 65.2% 



1927 Pullets added 125 58 

 No. females end of 



Sept. 268 176 

 Eggs laid per 1927 



Pullets in Sept. 9.7 8.9 

 Eggs laid per bird 



(Old Flock) in Sept. 11.9 10.3 

 Total pi'od. per bird 



in Sept. 11.2 9.8 

 Total prod, per bird 



since Nov. 1, 1926 145.2 164.9 

 Price rec'd. per doz. 



for eggs sold: 



Wholesale $.535 $.551 



Retail $.647 $.621 



All Sold $.568 $.580 



COST OF RAISING CALVES 



DETERMIND BY TRIAL 



How Much Does it Cost to Raise a Calf? 



That question is one which has always 

 caused considerable thought among dairy- 

 men. With this fact in mind. Dr. J. B. 

 Lindsey and J. G. Archibald of the Ex- 

 periment Station of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College have carried on, dur- 

 ing the past few years, extensive studies 

 of calf feeding costs. These comparative 

 costs and results of various foods are re- 

 ported in Experiment Station Bulletin 

 223, which may be obtained from the 

 Mailing Room Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College, Amherst Mass. 



Following this, these men have made a 

 number of tests as to the cost of skim 

 milk powder as compared to skim milk 

 While slightly more expensive, the skim 

 milk powder has the advantage of being 

 in a form that will keep for a long time 

 and is obtainable when liquid skimmed 

 milk is not. 



Results based on these tests show that 

 the cost for every pound of gain made by 

 the calves was 18.8 cents for liquid skim- 

 med milk, 19.5 cents for a good calf meal, 

 22.1 cents for roller process skim milk 

 powder, and 25.2 cents for spray process 

 skim milk. 



Methods of preparing skim milk powder 

 for feeding as well as the methods used 

 in the test ai-e described in Experiment 

 Station Bulletin 230. Write to the Mail- 

 ing Room, or directions may be obtained 

 from your county agent. 



American-born boys of American 

 parents are today taller than boys fifty 

 years ago by two inches. 



— Nation's Health. 



FARM AND HOME???? 



Ask Me Another Answers on Page 9 



1. In the production of what fruit aside 

 from cranberries does Massachusetts 

 lead all other New England states? 



2. How many cow testing associations 

 ai'e there in Massachusetts? 



3. What was the Morrill Act and when 

 was it passed? 



4. What is the size of the average 

 Massachusetts farm and what is the 

 average amount of improved land? 



5. How many pounds of tobacco are 

 produced annually in Massachusetts? 



6. Where does Massachusetts stand as 

 compared with other states in the 

 amount of tobacco grown? 



7. What is Massachusetts' rank as to 

 yield per acre of tobacca? What is 

 her average yield and price re- 

 ceived? 



8. How many milk cows and heifers are 

 there in Massachusetts and what is 

 the approximate total value? 



9. What was the first thing that 

 Charles Lindberg asker after he had 

 landed his aeroplane in Paris? 



10. What is called the perfect food and 

 why is it called that? 



COW TEST SUMMARY 



The Cow Test year finished the last 

 of October and when the tabulated results 

 of the test have been returned from 

 Washington, they will be forwarded to 

 all of the owners having herds in either 

 association. 



The report of the testers for October 

 shows that three cows made over 60 

 pounds of butter fat on twice-a-day milk- 

 ing. The following men had leading cows 

 for October. 



Pelissier Bros. 7 1146 



E. P. West 31 1118 



M. S. Howes & Son 11 1059 



Hugh M. Bridgeman 12 1045 



E. T. Clark 20 996 



Vigneault Bros. 18 976 



J. G. Cook also has the honor of having 

 the high average of 47.8 pounds of butter 

 per cow for his entire herd. The list of 

 the leaders in average fat production fol- 

 lows: 



Lbs. Fat 



Potato Growers in Conn. 



Continued from page 2 

 test was held at ten cents a guess as to 

 the probable yield. Nearly 200 entered 

 this contest, and the yield on this section 

 was at the rate of 399 bushels per acre. 



In the afternoon a visit was made to a 

 new potato storage building of Mr. 

 Grant's in Buckland. This building will 

 hold 50,000 bushels of potatoes when fill- 

 ed to capacity and has all the latest ideas 

 regarding ventilation. 



Mr. Grant addressed the group and 

 particularly stressed the value of spray- 

 ing potatoes. The field which the group 

 visited was sprayed thirteen times this 

 year. Prof. Wilkinson of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural College gave a summary of 

 potato conditions in Maine, Vermont and 

 New Hampshire. 



