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Show POULTRY BCTS COD LIVER OIL AIDS EARLY CHICK Three Test3 Made at North Carolina Station. Three separate trst-i made lately at the North Carolina experiment xta-tlon xta-tlon pi ovc the value of 1 per cent of cod liver oil In the mash feed supplied sup-plied to early hatched chicks. "Chicks reared In our laboratories where we could control nearly nil conditions have proven the value of Cod liver oil In the mash feed," declares de-clares Dr. P. I'. Katipp, head of the poultry department at State college. "One lot of chicks fed a complete ration ra-tion except for the vltamines, broke In health In the fifth week. The chicks receiving 1 per cent of the tested oil In the same kind of mash did not break In heallh and were strong mid well developed. In a .second test, the chicks which were not allowed to run out-of doors nor receive direct sunlight sun-light gave us exactly the same results. Those receiving the oil were strong mid well and were sold as broilers. Those receiving only the straight mash and grain feed broke In health at (he end of the fifth week." Doctor Katipp states that a third flock was carried on the basic ration without oil nut were given all the tender ten-der rape Hint they would eat. These broke In 1 1th In the seventh week Indicating that they secured some vltamines from the green feed but not enough to keep them In good health. In another test, at the coastal plain etallon, one lot of chicks was allowed to run on a fresh, green pasture three or four hours during the jniddle of the day with the result that they did not break In health hut were not so large and strong as the chicks in the cod liver oil flock. Doctor Kaupp states that those chicks which run out-of-doors pick up other things which are required for good health and development, but usually this Is not sufliclent as the tests with the cod liver oil show. As a result of all the tests. Doctor Katipp believes that the expense of using 1 per cent of fhis oil Is well worth while. It holds up the health and gives stronger constitutional vigor. |