380 POULTRY PRODUCTION 



He further re])orts that 201)0 jMillets of the same lireed 

 were raiseil to hiyiiii,' a,ne with an a\'erap;e coiisiiini)tioii of: 



28 pounrls of grain and mash 

 I " granulated bone 



^ " oyster shell 



2i " grit 



i " charcoal 



At the third annual international egg-laying contest 

 Kirkpatriek and Card^ found that the average feed consump- 

 tion of 38(1 Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Picd, and Wyan- 

 dotte females for one year, when the average egg production 

 was a trifle under 142 eggs, was 88.34 pounds of grain and 

 mash. On this hasis it took 7.5 pounds of feed to produce a 

 dozen eggs. J )uring the same period the average con- 

 sumption of 330 Leghorn females whose average production 

 was 1.S5.5 eggs, was 7(1.8 pounds of grain and mash, the 

 amoutit of feed per dozen eggs heing approximately 6 

 pounds. 



Aiip, Waller and Lewis- found that on commercial poultry 

 farms in New Jersey, where Leghorns composed 94.3 per 

 cent of the stock and the average annual ]iroduction was 109 

 eggs, the average annual feed consumijtion, not including 

 green feed, was S2.97 ])oun(ls per head. This a])proxin]ates 

 '.) pounds of fe('(l for each dozen eggs produced. The 

 amount of feed necessary for the production of a dozen eggs 

 Aaries with the class of stock and the rate of jjroduction. 



Wet and Dry Feeding. — The relative merits of wetting 

 all or a part of the feed and of feeding it all dry are ])oints 

 upon which skilled poultrymen are not agreed. The experi- 

 mental evidence at hand leans rather favorably toward 

 dry feeding (see page 324) with regard to both results and 

 labor, exce])t under conditions hereinafter mentioned. 



Hojipey-f ceding Dry Mash. — One of the great advantages 

 of dry mash is that it may be hopper fed. Aside from the 

 lessening of labor there is a great advantage in the avoidance 

 of mobbing which always occurs when a wet mash is fed in a 

 tra}' or trough. The weaker and more timid hens are likely 



' Storrs Bulletin No. S2. 



' i\e\v .Jersey Bulletin, Xo. 329. 



