THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, AUGUST, 1928 



Suggestion for More 



Profit from Poultry 



Prof. William C. Monahan makes the 

 following suggestion for more profit from 

 poultry this fall when the country is thir- 

 ty million hens or more short of normal. 

 It will supply your egg trade with a 

 greater supply of good hen eggs in Sep- 

 tember, October and November when pul- 

 let eggs are small and some pullets have 

 not matured to lay. 



The scheme is to put into such hou.ses 

 sometime before September hens that are 

 finishing their first year's production. 

 Only good birds are worth keeping. If 

 the flock is culled suflSciently to be yield- 

 ing 50 per cent production at the time of 

 movement, it is quite feasible to maintain 

 a profitable egg production well into 

 November. Lights should be operated to 

 make a fourteen-hour feeding day. Either 

 a wet mash should be fed or semi-solid or 

 powdered milk diluted with water may be 

 poured on top of the dry mash to encour- 

 age maximum consumption. If fluid milk 

 is available it may be given as a drink in- 

 stead. 



This scheme of management makes 

 regular laying houses available for pul- 

 lets as they mature. The hens postpone 

 moulting, and egg production at a profit 

 over feed cost is maintained for a longer 

 period than normal. Furthermore, when 

 they are eventually marketed the price of 

 fowl is higher. 



Breeders handled in this manner should 

 have the lights and wet mash discontinued 

 before November. Moult will then be 

 rapid and universal. Birds that do not 

 stand up under such treatment may be 

 culled and, after two months rest, lights 

 again at New Year's will bring back the 

 breeders for the incubation season. 



The summary of the state conte.st 

 for the 8 months' period ending June 30, 

 follows : 



County List 



Hampshire 



No. No. Prod. 

 PnUets Pullets Per 

 Nov. 1 June :«) Pullet 



F. D. Steele, Cum'ton, 347 *297 162.9 

 P. L. Wheelock, Am'st, 315 146 159.7 

 Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, 



Amherst, 150 94 143.7 



Smith Agri. Scsool, 



Northampton, 206 75 125.4 



S. G. Waite, Nor'ton, 120 42 121.2 

 *A11 females. 



State Lists 



Large Flocks with 1,000 Pullets or more 



Homer Rowell, Essex, 1101 *1695 133.8 



Elm Tree P. F., Ply ,th, 2.504 1351 132.3 



C. C. Rayner, Mid'sex, 1005 938 127.2 



M. R. Jones, B'stable, 1014 840 122.2 



W. P. Fo.ster, Essex, 1728 1000 121.6 

 Monroe&Nepper,Ply., 1709 1668 120.4 



E. H. Small, B'stable, 1614 1172 117.8 



Large Flocks with 500 to 999 Pullets 



Arrowhead F., B'stable, 519 266 141.2 



A. S. Pendleton, Essex, 611 



CM. Williams, B'stable, 525 



L. E. French, Ply'th, 680 



C. N. Ward, Bristol, 501 



G. W. Sarano, Mid'sex, 700 



F. Pore.ski, Ply'th, .525 



Small Flocks 90 to 499 



F. D. Steele, H'shire, 347 

 P. L. Wheelock, H'shire, 296 

 R. E. Wheeler, Wor'ter, 350 

 Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, 



Hampshire, 150 



R. L. Keizer, Mid'sex, 137 

 R. A. Beley, Wor'ter, 225 

 R. L. Clapp, Mid'sex, 131 

 C. N. Meservey, Ply'th, 144 

 *A11 females. 



525 135.1 



325 134.8 



414 130.4 



403 127.5 



376 121.2 



257 119.5 



Pullets 



*297 162.9 



146 159.7 



331 144.6 



94 143.7 



51 139.9 



234 139.1 



101 137.7 



76 137.7 



Sweet Clover Furnishes 



Cheap Green Feed 



Continuf-d from i>ag'e 1. rolumn 2 

 first week in May 500 pounds of acid 

 prosphate was applied to the acre and a 

 light coating of manure was applied at 

 the rate of about eight loads per acre. 

 The same week the land was seeded to 

 sweet clover at the rate of 20 pounds per 

 acre and with Kentucky blue grass at the 

 rate of six pounds per acre. 



On July 29, 1928 the cattle were first 

 turned into the pasture when the sweet 

 clover was almost to the top of their 

 backs, a fine even stand throughout. 



Mr. Parker has one field of three acres 

 which was seeded to sweet clover in 1927. 

 The sweet clover in this is not as good as 

 this year's seeding but the Kentucky blue 

 grass and white clover have come in so 

 that it is furnishing much more feed than 

 the balance of his pastures. 



It has been his experience that the cows 

 increase in milk production when on sweet 

 clover pasture and that less grain is 

 needed. 



In regard to sweet clover pasture, Mr. 

 Parker states, "This is the most economi- 

 cal way of getting green feed to cows that 

 I have ever found." 



HUMUS IN SOIL 



STORES WATER 



One of the important explanations of 

 the desirability of having a quantity of 

 humus or decomposing organic matter 

 in the soil is found in the capacity of 

 humus for soaking up and storing water 

 which is thus made available later for 

 use by growing plants. Experiments 

 have revealed that 200 pounds of sand 

 can hold only 25 pounds of water, and 

 100 pounds of clay soil can hold only 

 half its weight in water. In contrast. 

 Continued on page 9. column 2 



Rapid Cooling of 



Milk Is Essential 



Milk that is clean and rapidly cooled 

 has the best chance of I'eaching the con- 

 sumer in high quality condition. Bacteria 

 develop rapidly in warm milk. To pre- 

 vent this, remove all milk from the barn 

 as soon as milked and cool to 50° as 

 rapidly as possible. Frequent stirring 

 increases the rate of cooling. All dairy 

 utensils should be washed, scalded and 

 dried after using. Anything which bet- 

 ters the quality of milk is of benefit to 

 both producer and consumer. 



Quincy A. Bagg of S. Hadley owtis the 

 cow making the highest butter fat record 

 on twice a day milking for July. George 

 H. Timmons is consistently holding his 

 lead with the three timers. 



The list of high individuals follows: 



lbs. lbs. 

 Owner 



Q. A. Bagg 

 H. H. Bissell 

 Pelissier Bros. 

 S. R. Parker 

 A. O. Grise 

 A. G. Goodfield 

 W. A. Parsons 

 L. L. Titus 

 G. H. Timmons 

 G. H. Timmons 



F. D. Steele 



G. T. Timmons 

 G. H. Timmons 

 C. G. Loud 

 C. G. Loud 

 G. H. Timmons 

 G. H. Timmons 

 F. D. Steele 



*Milked three times daily. 

 Frank D. Steele's herd has the highest 

 average milk and butter fat production. 



Lbs. Milk 

 No. Cows per cow 



5 1392 



6 1193 

 11 1040 

 11 1003 



of Pelham gets his 



F. D. Steele 

 Pelissier Bros. 

 C. G. Loud 

 M. S. Howes 



C. Edwai-d Behre 

 herd into the li.st of high herds in fat pro- 

 duction during his first month in the 

 as.sociation. 



A pedigreed Rhode Island Red cockerel 

 from the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege was recently sold to a German ex- 

 periment station for foundation stock. 



