Show experiments experiment Exper imen ts at at the governments chicken farm THERES THERES a sixty acre poultry farm thirty minutes ride from washington A and beyond all doubt the work which is being done there would throw light upon at least one of the many problems which arise constantly to stuff stump ip the chicken fancier be he be amateur or professional whenever a local breeder of feathered stock Is puzzled by a question of feeding breeding or housing whenever he be is uncertain as to what strain of chickens had better be specialized upon to meet his particular need whenever lie he would like to know how an expert would go about handling L fowls with nothing more than the N C equipment expected of an ordinary C privately owned farm it will pay him to look over this particular establishment he will be more than welcome for you see the farm in question belongs to uncle sam and is part of the beltsville md aid bureau of animal industry station jn in fact the men who are running the big poultry establishment desire above all things to have chicken fanciers and breeders bleeders bre eders visit them and see the work they are doing collateral with the feeding housing and breeding problems of ordinary poultry production the beltsville farm at present is the scene of a good many investigations which when completed are unquestionably destined to be of intense interest to the poultry dealer one of them deals with an attempt to control the color of the yolks of eggs another is designed to disclose the ingredients of a ration based on staples easily obtained in any part of the country which will produce the highest number of eggs possible |