44 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The leading results and details are shown in the table : — 

 Clover Rowen v. Cabbage for Egg-production. 



In addition to these, the fowls in each house laid one soft- 

 •shelled egg. 



The advantage lies most decidedly with the fowls fed 

 cabbages, in so far as numbers, weight and cost of eggs are 

 concerned. The eggs from the clover house were, however, 

 much superior in cooking and eating quality to those from 

 the other. Both house-keepers reporting are most emphatic 

 in the expression of their preference for the eggs from the 

 fowls fed the clover. One reports: "The eggs from the 

 clover lot are in every way superior." The other says : 

 " They are superior in color, size of yolk and flavor ; " and 

 adds that ' ' they have the finest flavor of any eggs " she ever 

 ate. 



Analysis showed the eggs from the fowls fed cabl)ages to 

 contain higher percentages of dry matter, protein and fat 

 than the others. The superior richness of these eggs ap- 

 parently renders them strong in flavor. 



