| Show Not much Choirs lu rood Itoccntly eomo exhaustive export uouts lmo been waste nt the Now I York agricultural station at Geneva to learn the relative value of wholo und ground grain for laying hens The results re-sults are thus Bnmmnmol llltTwo liens of laying hens ono of n largo nud the other bf asmill breed hnllg a ration the grain of which w as whole rto dnmv their second year loinewhat moro food nt n littlo I greitcr cot than two similar pens laying 1 r i tion in vhlcihalf thor iln was ground nnd moistened Second Cochin Lens having the wholo grain ration hid much better than thoso having the ground grain at though neither lot laid U u profitable into during the Eccond year Third Leghorn hens having a ration tlcm in which tho grain was wholo con suincd on the average for two years over 20 IT cent moro food for the wimo egg reduction 1 than did similar liens baring bar-ing half the grain in their ration ground null 1 moistened Tho liens loving whole grain had on tho average for Iwo years 04 I pounds of water freo food for every I onu 1 of eggs produced Thoso having 1 ground grain had on tho ncrato for tbo two ear Ga pounds of water free food fop every pound of eggs produod |
