Bulletin - Indiana. Agricultural Experiment Station, Lafayette Volume 221-235 baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...of egg production, that is the per cent, production. The pullets in Experiment No. 2 were better birds so far as being in laying condition is concerned and gave a much better winter egg production than those in Experiment No. 1. November was a better month than December and it was colder during Experiment No. 1 than during Experiment No. 2. Cold weather with humidity is harmful to Leghorns and they respond quickly to any sudden lowering in temperature, particularly if it is a heavy drop. The double grain ration, with two exceptions, seemed to average a little lower than the standard grain ration throughout the year and dropped back a great deal in hot weather. This might indicate the propriety of keeping up the mash consumption during the heat of summer and possibly even increasing it. What the birds picked up on range did not make up for the shortage of animal-feed. The egg production of the cottonseed meal pen started out well while it had a reserve of the feed the birds were grown upon, but in about two weeks they dropped down to almost nothing. These birds did their best laying in April, the same as the other pens, but they were constantly below them. Poultrymen always want winter eggs because the market prices are high, but it must be remembered that the price is controlled by the supply and a heavy winter egg production over the country would break the egg market. Winter eggs are the exception, not the rule, and a poultryman who obtains over 20 per cent, in January is doing remarkably well. Table VI.--Average Price in Cents, per Month, of Eggs, Sold from the Purdue Farm In Table VI are shown the net prices received for eggs after the expenses for express and egg cases had been paid. The marketing methods of the Purdue Farm were not as good during the ...