THE NEW POULTRY PLANT. 



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It is designed to erect in its stead, at some future time, a per- 

 manent two-story building, the lower floor to be used for mix- 

 ing and cooking feed, and the upper floor for storage, feather 

 curing, and a sleeping room for the poultryman. 



EXPERIMENTS. 



The plant was constructed for the purpose of investigation, 

 and many experiments are being planned. The houses are just 

 completed, and at this date (December, 1897) the chief point 

 being studied is in reference to the number of hens that can 

 be carried in a room of a certain size, and their health and pro- 

 ductiveness maintained. 



There are 15 pens, all alike in arrangement and size, each 

 being 10x15 feet and 2 inches. November 1st 15 Brahma pul- 

 lets were put in pen No. I, 20 pullets in pen No. 2, 25 in pen 

 No. 3 and 30 in pen No. 4. In pens No. 5, 6, 7 and 8 similar 

 assignments of 15, 20, 25 and 30 birds were made. In pens 

 9, 10, 11 and 12 the same arrangement of numbers of Plymouth 

 Rock pullets was made and pens 13, 14 and 15 were duplicates 

 of pens 9, 10 and 1 1. This gave four pens with 15 birds in each 

 one, four pens with 20 birds, four pens with 25 birds and three 

 pens with 30 birds each. The birds are treated alike in every 

 pen and fed in proportion to numbers. The eggs are recorded 

 at each collection. This and other experiments to be under- 

 taken will be reported upon from time to time as results of 

 importance are obtained. 



