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meal, corn and corn meal were fed to one lot of nine- 

 teen pullets, and to another lot of similar pullets the 

 same ration was given, except that the middlings and 

 gluten feed in the morning mash were replaced by 

 corn meal, and the substitution of shelled corn was- 

 made for about half of the wheat and oats in the even- 

 ing feed. The experiments were conducted in both 

 winter and summer. The results show that the hens 

 having the larger amount of corn instead of so much 

 high-priced material, like wheat, middlings, oats, glu- 

 ten feed, etc, produced from one-fourth to one-third 

 more eggs at materially less expense for food ; that the 

 eggs from the corn-fed fowls were of milder flavor 

 and had a yolk of deeper yellow color ; that the fowls 

 thus fed gained in weight despite the increased num- 

 ber of eggs produced ; that on slaughter at the close of 

 the experiment the fowls fed corn dressed more and 

 were pronounced by an experienced market judge to 

 be superior to those fed on the higher-priced ration. 



In another experiment where the corn displaced 

 the wheat and oats entirely as a night feed, but the 

 ration in other respects was the same as in the previous 

 trial, the results were even more strikingly favorable 

 to the use of corn. 



It is not to be concluded from these investigations 

 that an exclusive ration of corn would prove satisfac- 

 tory for this purpose, but that in the case of laying 

 fowls, as with all other stock, corn, judiciously used, 

 is the most economical and profitable foodstuff avail- 

 able. For the greatest profit in any feeding operation, 

 it must form the basis of the ration. 



THE MORE COMPLETE UTILIZATION OF CORN STOVER* 



The second most important way in which the 

 value of the corn crop may be increased to the farmer 



*The corn plant after the ear is removed. 



