Journal of the American Association of Instructors and Investigators of Poultry Husbandry最新文献

Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana August 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1920

PROGRAM

Twelfth annual meeting of the American Association of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 16, 17, and 19, 1920.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Lafayette, Indiana

MONDAY, AUGUST 16

Morning Session

9:30 A. M.

Address of Welcome

Dean J. H. Stanner

Response

Business Session

Roll Call

Reading Minutes

Secretary and Treasurer’s Report

Publication Committees’ Report

Reports Standing Committees

Reports of Special Committees

Resolutions

Presentation of Amendments

Appointment of Convention Committees

Afternoon Session

1:30 P. M.

Culling Practicum. Brief outline of the work in hand followed by demonstration and practice.

H. R. Lewis,........New Brunswick, N. J.

O. B. Kent,..........Ithaca, N. Y.

Evening Session

8:00 P. M.

Cartoinoid Pigments and their Relation to Growth, Pigmentation and Egg Yolk Color.

H. L. Kempster, Columbia, Missouri.

Poultry as an Economical Producer of Food.

A. R. Lee, Washington, D. C.

Work in the Department of Poultry Husbandry and Dairy Chemistry Laboratory, University of Missouri have led to the conclusion that explanations of why the shanks of yellow skinned varieties of fowls fade when heavy laying occurs are unsatisfactory. Practical poultrymen have recognized for several years that a close relation exists between the amount of yellow pigment in the shanks, ear lobes, beak, etc., of hens of certain breeds of poultry. Data collected at various Experiment Stations especially at the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, show that in hens which naturally carry yellow pigmentation, a positive correlation exists between pale shanks, ear lobes, beak, etc., and a more or less heavy egg production. The results show, however, that use of this observation as a practical guide in the selection of heavy and light laying hens must be made only immediately after the close of the laying season.

The hypothesis which has been . . .

The general aims for the carrying out of the state-wide project in poultry husbandry are as follows: to improve and develop the poultry industry in the State of New Jersey by the following lines of effort:

A. Systematic projected work along the following lines:

1. The keeping of systematic records of cost of production and amount of profit.

2. The development and use of good strains of stock.

3. The elimination of the poor producer through the practice of culling.

4. The construction of proper poultry houses.

5. The use of properly-balanced rations.

6. The use of artificial illumination to insure more efficient egg production.

7. Cooperation with existing local poultry associations through the promotion of educational programs and the establishment of new associations.

8. The use of green crops in the poultry yards.

B. General advice along the following lines of endeavor:

1. Early hatching and avoiding late hatching.

Mr. A. G. Taylor, B. S. A., Extension Poultry Husbandman, MacDonald College, Que., has resigned his position and has been appointed Assistant Dominion Poultry Husbandman. He will have charge of the egg-laying contests conducted by the Experimental Farms.

Mr. W. A. Maw, B. S. A., has been appointed Assistant in the Poultry Department of MacDonald College, Que.

A Judging School for the Study, Identification, Description and Application of the Characters indicating Quality in Judging and Breeding Poultry for Egg Production and for Meat Production and to assist in the Standardization of Methods of Judging Poultry and Eggs. A movement for the Development of Breeds and Varieties of Poultry in Conformity to Natural Laws as expressed in Production.

THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, N. Y.

A SCHOOL FOR JUDGING AND BREEDING POULTRY FOR PRODUCTION

In offering a one week’s course in Judging and Breeding Poultry for Production the College is responding to an insistent and rapidly increasing demand for instruction in this specialized field.

The rapid increase in our knowledge of the physical characters that indicate producing quality in poultry and the great economic importance of the application of this knowledge to the selection of fowls for market, for commercial egg production . . .

It has been our experience that the student gets more out of his studies if we give practical work with the theoretical. W e teach the student the fundamental factors to be taken into consideration in making feed mixtures for the various forms of live stock kept on the farm, bu t for lack of proper and sufficient equipment we give the student little, if any actual practice feeding, letting him note the effect of the various feeds fed to such live stock, with reference to the gain in weight, milk or egg production, and noting at the same time the general condition of the animal or bird under consideration.

It is the hope of the writers that this article will give helpful suggestions and make it a simple matter whereby it will be possible for the Poultry Departments of the leading agricultural colleges and schools to give its students . . .

Did you ever wonder about how the farmers of other countries go to town and how their produce and livestock are marketed? Then you will be interested in the following description of a Saturday market day in the town of Mussidan in Sunny France. This is a town of about 5,000 population, sixty miles northeast of Bordeaux, and in the center of a fairly rich agricultural section of which the principal industry is growing grapes for wine. Yet livestock plays no meager part as the description below will show. The writer was billeted in this town last fall as a soldier of the United States Army Signal Corp and had excellent opportunities for observing the agricultural conditions and the methods of marketing at this place.

To the American farmer going to market is not an event of importance but just a matter of business routine when he cranks old Henry . . .

Ration with Milk

50 pounds corn meal

20 pounds white wheat middlings

10 pounds ground heavy oats

Mixed to a batter fresh at each feeding with buttermilk or skim milk.

Will require approximately 1 qt. (2 pounds) milk to 1 qt. (1 pound) feed.

Ration with Meat Scrap

50 pounds corn meal

20 pounds white wheat middlings

10 pounds ground heavy oats

20 pounds meat scrap

Mixed to a batter fresh at each feeding with water.

Will require approximately 1½ qts. (3 pounds) water to 2 qts. (2 pounds) feed.

METHODS AND PRACTICE.

The Stock:—Rations recommended for both young and old stock. Birds “off condition” or of low vitality cannot be profitably fattened. Before putting in crates, grease for lice below vent and under wings with equal parts of vaseline and “one-third strength blue ointment.” (Buy at drug store)

The Quarters:—Clean, mite-free quarters are necessary to insure keen . . .

IT CONTROLS

I In the tropics where the domestic fowl originated the length of the nights and the days are essentially equal. As a result of this the reproductive and digestive systems of the fowl were developed to fit the environment of the 12-hour night and the 12-hour day.

T The fowl therefore is like an alarm clock. She must be wound up about every 12 hours. In the winter time in the north her stomach strikes at about 3 to 4 o’clock in the morning. Not having the eyes of an owl to see in the dark she has no alternative but to shiver and wait until daylight or when the caretaker gets around to feed her.

C Carrying the domestic fowl from the tropics to the north temperate zone where the nights during the fall and winter are from 13 to 15 hours long changed her habits but . . .

Little eggs, big eggs, bird eggs, freak eggs and eggs brown and white were all on display at the Twelfth Annual Purdue Egg Show held May 3–6, 1920 in Lafayette, Indiana. Each year the show has grown in size and quality and this year there were 465 entries.

The show is managed by freshmen Agricultural students taking Poultry and is considered one of the big and important activities in the college year. One hundred and seventeen freshmen students entered eggs and there was every evidence that each man learned a lot about eggs when selecting his entry. The prize dozen was shown by a Junior after being selected from twelve cases examined at a local packing house. This score was 99¼.

Twelve Experiment Stations entered eggs coming from as far west as British Columbia and as far east as Massachusetts. The sweepstakes college egg were exhibited by Idaho, scoring . . .