Garfield County News | 1932-02-19 | Page 12 | Poultry

PROVED VALUE OF RUN ON BLUEGRASS hatchability also advanced ed by proper rations reed feed the fl ock flock the proper rations and hatchability will be increased according c to 0 M ferguson poultry specialist at tho the ohio state university A series of experiments dating back to 1024 1924 at the ohio agricultural ex pertinent station shows that a basal ration containing 30 10 per cent yellow corn when fed to birds in confinement produced an average hatchability of only per cent Shim milk added to this ration showed considerable improvement alfalfa hay bay a slight improvement a bare outdoor yard a slight improvement ano and an outdoor yard with bluegrass increased hatchability to per cent F following ol lowing this experiment ferge 1 son says a second experiment was run in ffitch the ground yellow corn to in the basil ration was increased from 30 to 05 per cent this increase supplied sufficient amounts of vitamin A I 1 to prevent roup in addition to this the birds were given as much sunshine as ab could be admitted by placing the feeders in front of open windows in spite of this soy bean tiny alfalfa and red clover hay added to the ration increased the hatchability from aw 01 7 to per cent ant for soy bean hay per cent for alfalfa hay and per cent for clover hay bay here again bluegrass range jumped the hatchability up to 04 per cent