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Meat Production with Poultry Continued from page 24. Vol. 3. No. 3.
MEAT PRODUCTION WITH POULTRY Continued from page 24. Vol. 3. No. 3. CONCLUSIONS. Better results were secured with the cockerels and pullets on range than with those conflnel to small pens and small, bare yards; this was also true with the capons in last year's experiment, but in this experiment the confined lot of capons gave somewhat better results than did the lot on range. Capons which received a ration composed of approximately 8 parts of corn and 1 part of meat scrap required 5.4 per cent more feed per pound of gain and gained 5.2 per cent less per bird than idld similar capons which received the same ration for the first 8 weeks of the experiment after which time the amount of meat scrap in their ration was gradually reduced—the ration during the twenty-fourth or last week of the experiment being made up of 32 parts corn and 1 part meat scrap. Cost of feed per pound gain was 9.8 per cent higher with the former lot. The lot of capons which received a ratipn made up of corn and tankage in proportions of approximately 10:1 made more rapid and more economical gains than did the lot which received corn and meat scrap in proportions of 8:1. Cost of feed1 per pound of gain was1 8.6 per cent higher with the lot receiving the meat scrap ration. The capons which received the rat'on made up of corn, wheat, oats, bran and meat scrap gained 8.4 per cent less and consumed 20.4 per cent more feed per pound of gain, and their cost of feed per pound of gain was 34.4 per cent higher than an average of the other three lots which were given access to range. With the pullets, the corn and tankage ration on range and the corn and meat scrap ration in confinement gave practically the same results. The lot which received the corn and meat scrap ration on range produced 6.7 per cent more gain in live weight and 59 per cent more eggs than did the lot which received the corn and tankage ration. The cost of feed' per pound of
gain was practically the same for the two lots. The lot which received the variety ration made practically the same gain but produced 23.2 per cent fewer eggs than (did the corn and meat scrap lot. Cost of feed per pound of gain was 31.4 per cent higher for this lot than an average of the other three lots. The cockerels gained 9.3 per cent less, consumed' 8.3 per cent more feed per pound of gain and sold for 7.91 cents less per pound live weight than did the capons which received the same treatment. At the prices used in Table III, the pullets returned considerably more profit, in most cases', than did the capons. Even at the lowest prices for feeds, the cockerels were kept at a loss. The average shrinkage in killing of all capons, based on the final weights, was 8.07 per cent, of the cockerels, 11.75 per cent and of the pullets, 10.67 per cent. W. J. BUSS, Ohio. COOPERATIVE EGG MARKETING IN CANADA Dominion Government Poultry Representative for Alberta. During the past six years the cooperative marketing of eggs by Canadian farmers may justly be considered as having made some really definite progress, and which at least in one Province of the Dominion, has amounted to nothing less than a revolutionizing of this paritcular branch of agriculture. Previous to the year 1910 something had been attempted and accomplished along the lines of cooperative egg marketing and Mr. F . C. Elford, at that time head of the Macdonald College Poultry Department, was responsible for much good work, leading to improved methods. In the spring of 1910 Mr. J. H . Hare, then District Representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture in Ontario County, Ontario, took seriously in hand the organization of farmers' cooperative Egg Marketing Associations, better known as "Egg Circles", and succeeded in organizing two good Associations that year. In the spring of 1911 the writer of this paper was appointed to assist Mr. Hare. under whose able direction he worked until the autumn of 1912, some twelve local cooperative Associations being organized, and shipping regularly. Although progress was apparently somewhat slow the movement gradually became firmly established, the aim being to adopt the soundest possible methods rather than to expand rapidly. About this time the Poultry Division of the Live Stock Branch, Ottawa, recognizing the beneficial influence of the work in the sections affected, decided to carry out an investigation of the methods adopted; and then to select other sections which, upon investigation, should appear most in need of such assistance. This article by Mr. T . A. Benson will be concluded next month. 40
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future performance. If their first year production be considered as 100%, the second and third year averages were as 87% and 67% respectively. Thus, it will be noted the outcome of these two experiments is in close accord with the results obtained with the flock of 106 birds at the Storrs Station. While the data presented in the present paper is open to criticism because of the small number of birds involved, and may be no more applicable to the White Leghorns in general than the almost directly opposite results obtained at Utah, still the writer feels that it is at least quite strongly suggestive; and that high first year egg production, coupled with strong constitutional vigor, is not a bad basis for selecting breeders. LESLIE E. CARD, Connecticut.
gain was practically the same for the two lots. The lot which received the variety ration made practically the same gain but produced 23.2 per cent fewer eggs than (did the corn and meat scrap lot. Cost of feed per pound of gain was 31.4 per cent higher for this lot than an average of the other three lots. The cockerels gained 9.3 per cent less, consumed' 8.3 per cent more feed per pound of gain and sold for 7.91 cents less per pound live weight than did the capons which received the same treatment. At the prices used in Table III, the pullets returned considerably more profit, in most cases', than did the capons. Even at the lowest prices for feeds, the cockerels were kept at a loss. The average shrinkage in killing of all capons, based on the final weights, was 8.07 per cent, of the cockerels, 11.75 per cent and of the pullets, 10.67 per cent. W. J. BUSS, Ohio. COOPERATIVE EGG MARKETING IN CANADA Dominion Government Poultry Representative for Alberta. During the past six years the cooperative marketing of eggs by Canadian farmers may justly be considered as having made some really definite progress, and which at least in one Province of the Dominion, has amounted to nothing less than a revolutionizing of this paritcular branch of agriculture. Previous to the year 1910 something had been attempted and accomplished along the lines of cooperative egg marketing and Mr. F . C. Elford, at that time head of the Macdonald College Poultry Department, was responsible for much good work, leading to improved methods. In the spring of 1910 Mr. J. H . Hare, then District Representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture in Ontario County, Ontario, took seriously in hand the organization of farmers' cooperative Egg Marketing Associations, better known as "Egg Circles", and succeeded in organizing two good Associations that year. In the spring of 1911 the writer of this paper was appointed to assist Mr. Hare. under whose able direction he worked until the autumn of 1912, some twelve local cooperative Associations being organized, and shipping regularly. Although progress was apparently somewhat slow the movement gradually became firmly established, the aim being to adopt the soundest possible methods rather than to expand rapidly. About this time the Poultry Division of the Live Stock Branch, Ottawa, recognizing the beneficial influence of the work in the sections affected, decided to carry out an investigation of the methods adopted; and then to select other sections which, upon investigation, should appear most in need of such assistance. This article by Mr. T . A. Benson will be concluded next month. 40
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future performance. If their first year production be considered as 100%, the second and third year averages were as 87% and 67% respectively. Thus, it will be noted the outcome of these two experiments is in close accord with the results obtained with the flock of 106 birds at the Storrs Station. While the data presented in the present paper is open to criticism because of the small number of birds involved, and may be no more applicable to the White Leghorns in general than the almost directly opposite results obtained at Utah, still the writer feels that it is at least quite strongly suggestive; and that high first year egg production, coupled with strong constitutional vigor, is not a bad basis for selecting breeders. LESLIE E. CARD, Connecticut.