1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
435 
FEEDING BEET PULP AND ALFALFA 
TO SHEEP. 
I have had four years’ experience in 
raising sugar beets, also in feeding beet 
pulp. The pulp is considered great feed, 
both for sheep and cattle. At the Greeley 
factory there were fed about 20,000 sheep 
and 1,000 cattle during the past Winter, 
besides what was fed in the country. The 
beet growers contract what pulp they need 
in the Fall at 35 cents per ton. The re¬ 
mainder is then contracted to non-grow¬ 
ers, consequently there is not any left by 
April 15. The sheep are finished in fine 
shape for market on Alfalfa hay and pulp, 
but most feeders finish cattle on corn 
chop. I have fed my dairy cows on Al¬ 
falfa hay and pulp, being the only feed 
they have, and am very much pleased 
with the result. In the pens where the 
stock is fed there is plenty of straw con¬ 
stantly kept for bedding, and this fertilizer 
is sold at 50 cents per load, or from $50 
to $100 per pen. Some of this is being 
hauled a distance of six miles by wagon. 
There are seven factories located in this 
and adjoining counties. There were grown 
for the Greeley factory last year 10,000 
acres of beets, for which the farmers re¬ 
ceive $5 pr ton. c. E. L. 
Evans, Colorado. 
THE EGGS TOO LARGE. 
At. the beginning of the new year, 24 of 
my best and finest White Leghorn hens of the 
hatch of April, 1904, together with two cocks 
of the April hatch of 1905, were put into a 
pen for the gathering of hatching eggs. They 
have laid continuously all along, hut not free¬ 
ly. Occasionally we would find a blood stain¬ 
ed egg. About three weeks ago, one day 
when the eggs were gathered, a dead hen was 
found sitting aside of her nest. At intervals 
of two or three days ever since we have 
found a dead hen on her nest or aside of it, 
until this morning we found one dead on the 
perch. All these hens died just after laying 
their eggs' (except the one this morning, 
which had not yet laid), and in each case the 
vent was torn and a considerable quantity of 
blood was discharged. The hen that was 
brought in yesterday afternoon was dissected. 
There was a circle of inflammation nearly 
three inches in diameter around the vent 
outside. Inside was a large clutch of healthy 
various sized eggs ready to be laid, beyond 
that a handful of egg yolks from the size 
of a marble down to a pea, that looked as 
if they had been boiled, and further up lots 
of little eggs, until the naked eye could no 
longer distinguish the embryonic egg. In 
other respects she seemed all right. The one 
dissected this morning had an outside inflam¬ 
mation extending over the backbone, and had 
not yeti laid her egg. which seemed to he im- 
1 tedded in a thin coating of fat, outside the 
egg sac. Except that all the membranes in¬ 
cluded in the egg region were enlarged and 
very much inflamed the conditions were not 
greatly different from the other one dis¬ 
sected. What is the matter with these hens, 
and what is the cure? They seem just fat 
enough for nice table use, have beautiful 
bright, combs, and their plumage in good 
order, and are active and give no evidence 
of illness or discomfort. They are in the 
open air every fine day, and are the only pen 
thus affected. They get all the feed the other 
hens get (and none other) which is one mash 
each day of equal parts ground corn and 
oats, and wheat bran. Then one feed of one- 
half oats, one-third whole corn, one-sixtli 
whole wheat; have some vegetables—squash, 
pumpkin, turnips, beets and apples occasion¬ 
ally, and daily dried lawn clippings; meat 
two or three times a week, access to oyster 
shells, lime and coal ash. and all the fresh 
water they want at all times. This appears 
to be reasonable treatment; now what can 
be done to overcome the difficulties and create 
healthy conditions? H. m. 
Lebanon Co.. I’a. 
I am unable to answer this ques¬ 
tion. I have known cases where the trou¬ 
ble could be explained clearly, on the the¬ 
ory, which seems to be based on fact, that 
the hens were from a strain that laid ex¬ 
ceedingly large eggs. The fowls were al¬ 
lowed, however, to begin laying pre¬ 
maturely, which in a measure checked 
their growth, so that the following Spring, 
during the breeding season, they followed 
their inherited tendency to lay unusually 
large eggs. Their bodies being checked 
by too early laying were not large enough 
to withstand the large egg production. 
Here was a case where man had distorted 
nature by breeding a large egg in order to 
satisfy a commercial requirement, and had 
also bred the fowls to too great prolificacy 
and early maturity, and the fowls suffered 
the consequences. If the poultryman had 
withheld some of the readily assimilated 
ground feed and meat, which was fed lib¬ 
erally, and which stimulated premature 
activity, his pullets would have gained 
their normal size before beginning to lay, 
and therefore would have laid naturally, 
and without serious consequences, a large¬ 
sized egg. I have known of a case where 
the excessive feeding of meat scraps and 
green cut bone, in connection with a lib¬ 
eral grain ration, had caused the fowls 
to have trouble in depositing their eggs. 
This perhaps was due to the fact that the 
large amount of available nourishment 
caused the eggs to be unusually large, or 
it may have been due to the too highly 
stimulating diet, causing indigestion and a 
fevered condition of the oviduct, which 
caused the natural secretions to be with¬ 
held. The oviduct being deprived of its 
natural lubricant, could not expel the egg. 
In the case cited, there were four other 
pens containing pullets of similar age and 
variety fed by different students. The 
only pen of the four that suffered the 
trouble was cared for by a student who. 
in his anxiety to make a better record 
with his pen. fed meat and ground bone 
to excess. This is the only explanation 
we could give at the time of the trouble. 
If for any reason water is withheld or ir¬ 
regularly given to fowls in heavy laying, 
particularly if they are fed narrow or very 
stimulating rations, usually one which 
contains a large amount of meat, they will 
have a fevered condition, and the secre¬ 
tions will be withheld, which will cause 
the hen to deposit the egg with difficulty. 
So far as I can gather from the question 
asked, none of these three incidents which 
I have cited would apply to the question¬ 
er’s condition. I would appreciate a reply 
from the inquirer stating through The 
R. N.-Y. whether any of the three inci¬ 
dents which I have cited could explain 
the trouble. If not, I would like to have 
him give further information in regard 
to the case. It is our desire here at Cor¬ 
nell to learn as much as possible about the 
difficulties which poultrymen are having, 
and attempt to find the cause and the 
method of preventing the trouble. We 
can only do this through the cooperation 
of the farmers and poultrymen themselves, 
largely as H. M. has done, by giving full 
details of their troubles with poultry, and 
asking for assistance. james e. rice. 
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Granville, N. Y., Jan. 15,1906. 
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