| Show milk products fidd 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 a result of adding milk products to the rations of breeding turkeys Is indicated in results of a feeding demonstration si reported by the kratt kraft foods company two similar flocks of broad breasted bronze turkeys on the lester 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 cats and a little corn one flock had hens and the other breeding and management of the two flocks was identical A palletized milk product was added to the ration of the tha smaller flock these turkeys show what excellent results can be obtained by turkey raisers with use of proper feed and control or of flocks careful records of egg production 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 season both flocks were producing at better than 40 per cent when marketed during the 94 day laying period the hens bens in the flock receiving the palletized milk product laid a total of eggs an average of eggs each lin in the some same period the hens la in the control flock laid 7 sll eggs or an average of 3 each this meant that the test flock produced better than 25 per cent more eggs rate of productions production was per cent for the test flock compared to ao 40 per cent for the tha condol flock eggs from the test flock graded per cent sa leable 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 he palletized milk product produced an average of 1411 worth of hatching eggs eggs or more than the average for the tha control flock which was 1094 |
