Laying Hens Feeding and Breeding Practices for Pullet Eggs
The article notes fall oversupply of small eggs depresses prices and suggests feeding a wet meatless mash of yellow cornmeal and oats moistened with milk to improve flesh and egg size. It also recommends banding top laying pullets and trap nesting to identify birds laying 24 to 26 ounce eggs for future breeding to reduce small eggs.
Good Flock Management Brings Poultry Profits
Dr B L Brunett of the New York state college of veterinary medicine says drug use in poultry is limited to round worm control. When deaths rise consult a local veterinarian or the state poultry disease lab. After cause is found drugs can be used with confidence, focusing on prevention and proper feeding while good stock management remains key.
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B. L. Brunett
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine
Early hatch favored for higher poultry profits
Praire Farmer quotes Paul G Riley advising提前 hatch chicks early to secure higher broiler prices. Early hatched pullets lay eggs when prices rise, boosting profits. Poultry profits peak in the last four months as layers contribute to strong egg revenues.
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Paul G. Riley
Breeding Trial Pushes Egg Output at North Dakota College
An eight year production trial at the North Dakota Agricultural College poultry plant reports Rhode Island Reds increasing both flock size and per bird output. In 1923 24 seven pullets averaged 114 eggs. in 1930 31 fifty five pullets averaged 226 eggs, up 98.2 percent with nearly eight times as many birds. Dakota Farmer.
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North Dakota Agricultural College
Rhode Island Reds
Dakota
Poultry Hints On Water Feeding And Profits
An old poultry column notes hens need ample water as much as proper feeding since egg content is two thirds water. It cites a Kentucky flock of 176 White Leghorns belonging to Mrs. Gilmer Snowden that averaged 201 eggs in 1981 earning $562 over feed costs.
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Gilmer Snowden
Oldam County
Kentucky
Language of Broadcasts Shapes Speech for Talkies
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that moving pictures and radio influence spoken language. Microphones and film techniques limit expression, leading to vocabulary censorship. Words kept tend to Anglo-Saxon roots, while Latin words are more often banned.
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Philadelphia Ledger
German chemist develops transparent aluminum alloy
A German chemist has produced a form of aluminum by substitution in an alloy that allows light to pass through while retaining metal properties. The initial light shows a yellowish tint, with work ongoing to produce a glass clear version. The remark about equality of men contrasts with differing circumstances.
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