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Show Milk Products Add To Turkey Profits More Eggs Result Of Judicious Use Increased egg production of nearly 25 per cent and an increased profit of $2.57 per hen, as result cf adding milk products to the rations ra-tions of breeding turkeys, is indicated indi-cated In results of a feeding demonstration demon-stration reported by the Kraft foods company. Two similar flocks of broad breasted bronze turkeys on the Lester Woodhams' ranch at Sonora, Calif., were placed on test at the beginning of the season. Both flocks were fed a ration consisting of commercial breeder mash in pellet form, some oats and a little corn. One flock had 130 hens and the other 204. Breeding and management man-agement of the two flocki wag identical. A pelletized milk product pro-duct was added to the ration of the smaller flock. I A', lit .wifi'Y' ,wr tn i finttrrf tfi-i-W These turkeys show what excellent ex-cellent results can be obtained by turkey raisers with use of proper feed and control f flocks. Careful records of egg production produc-tion and feed consumption were maintained from the start of egg production, February 21, to May 26 when the birds were marketed because of the lateness of the hatching hatch-ing season. Both flocks were producing pro-ducing at better than 40 per cent when marketed. During the 94-day laying period the 130 hens in the flock receiving the pelletized milk product laid a total of 6,257 eggs, an average of 48.1 eggs each. In the same period the 204 hens in the control flock laid 7,811 eggs, or an average of 38.3 each. This meant that the test flock produced better than 25 per cent more eggs. Rate of production was 51.2 per cent for the test flock compared to 40 per cent for the conrol flock. Eggs from the test flock graded 91.6 per cent saleable for hatching against 89.3 per cent for the control flock. With hatching eggs at 32 cents each, this meant that each hen receiving the pelletized milk product produced an average of $14.11 worth of hatching eggs, or $3.17 more than the average for tha control flock, which was $10.94. |