FEEDING FOR EGGS. 287 
In general, whatever concentrated food is good for 
making milk will also produce eggs. The following 
analysis shows the general similarity of the analysis ot 
milk and of eggs, casein being equivalent to albumen: 
ANALYSIS OF MILK. ANALYSIS OF HENS' EGGs. 
ae ae | White.) Yolk, |Mixed, 
Water ......-- 86.3 89.0 ||Water ............. 4.8 51.5 71.7 
Casein........ 4.1 4.3 = enets Sides ROE 12.0 15.0 14.0 
Milk fat...... 3.7 OE. [Ra Gesis sissies 2 2% oe . 2.0 30.0 11.0 
Milk sugar. 5.1 5.5 Me mnneee, ete.. 21 2.0 
Ash.......---5 0.8 0.8 |Mineral............ 1.2 14 1.3 
Total .......} 100.0 100.0 TOtal acciie sees saree 100.0 100.0 100.0 
Albumen and albuminoids are the actual flesh and egg-formers, 
starch and fat are heat-producers and forece-givers; husk is chiefly 
waste matter; ash, or mineral matter, contains phosphate, ete., nec- 
essary for bone-making, feather- forming, ete.; in milk the albumen is 
usually known as easein, this casein being ‘the chief ingredient in 
milk for cheese-forming. 
THREE MONTHS’ RECORD OF EGGS LAID BY DIFFERENT BREEDS. 
BREEDS. a8 on gs REMARKS. 
* -8 On 
Ora om =o 
- bie) Z ala 
Brown Leghorn .... Ta iP 72 |European origin. 
Minorca. ......-. - 3 127 43 a ig 
Houdan .....---- se ee ees eee 1 24 se se 
Silver Spangled Hamburg: 1 37 37 fe es 
Langshan.....cc cece eeee ene 3 147 49 |Asiatic origin. 
Light Brahma... 2 116 58 eS a 
Partridge Cochin. we 1 27 27 ae Ls 
Buff Cochin.............206+ 2 92 46 es ae 
Barred Plymouth Rock.... 1 46 46 American origin. 
*Houdan-Minorea.......... 1 45 45 ee s 
Bronze Turkey......--...... 1 27 27 a6 ‘ 
*A cross of Houdan and Minorca, by the station. 
The trial was made at Louisiana station, and the ex- 
perimenter’s comment is as follows: The Brown Leg- 
horns gave the best record for three successive trials. 
They are followed by Light Brahma and Langshan and 
Plymouth Rock, Buff Cochin and Minorca, The Euro- 
peans are the best spring and summer layers, but non- 
sitters. The Asiatics are winter and early spring layers, 
good mothers and brooders, and excellent for table pur- 
poses. Indeed, the Langshan is one of the best all- 
round fowls known, and close to them are the Plymouth 
Rocks, Wyandottes and Light Brahmas. However, it is 
hard to decide the merits of a fowl confined to close 
pens, and fed only vegetable foods raised upon the farm. 
