BULLETIN No 122. MARCH, 1 908. 



MASSACHUSETTS 



AGRICULTUEAL EXPERIMENT 



STATION. 



Poultry Keeping for Egg Production 



BY 



WILLIAM P. BROOKS 



This bulletin is a brief guide to poultry keeping for 

 eggs. It discusses: — houses for growing birds and for lay- 

 ing stock, the question of breed, incubation and brooding, 

 and the general management and feeding both of chickens 

 and laying stock. It summarizes the results of experiments 

 on the following points : — use of condition powder, clover 

 rowen vs. cabbages, influence of the cock on egg produc- 

 tion, vegetable vs. animal feeds, cut fresh bone vs. animal 

 meal, morning vs. evening mash, wide vs. narrow rations or 

 corn vs. wheat, buckwheat vs. corn and effect of fibre in 

 the ration. 



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