| Show I- I K v vy POULTRY y 1 r I POULTRY BREEDS J J BEST FO FOR R FARMER Which Is the best breed ot of poultry for the OhIo farmer WIth more than farm flocks on OD which to base baso nn an answer to this ques t n flocks on which records were k kept pt during 1026 In co co with I county agents and the tho agricultural CU go extensIon service of the Ohio tate university poultry specialIsts atthe nt at the university make thIs answer There are several things to con consIder alder sIder but probably the most lm Is the tho individual whim of the farmer Before framing this answer the examined the tho records and analyzed them In Analysis of Poultry l Profits 1926 n a new bulletin pub lashed for free dl by the agricultural college conego extension servIce Copies of the page pago bulletin may be obtaIned from the county agent or orthe orthe the unIversity Averages used In comparIng breeds of poultry were drawn from records of Leghorns Plymouth Rocks nocks Wyan dottes and Rhode Island Reds neds Leghorn Leghorn Leg Leg- horn flocks constituted CiaS per cent of those reporting and the average size of the Leghorn Hock clock wa wan larger than for any other breed indicating that Leghorns are more adaptable to large flocks The Le Leghorns Horns averaged eggs more per bird than any other breed the specialists point out This bears out the tho contention that Leghorns arc better egg producers than other breeds There Thero are exceptions however for tor some somo of the tho lowest producing flocks were Leghorns There was little difference dif dif- ference In egg production among the three American breeds although the averaged 72 7 eggs more per bIrd than the Plymouth Rocks Hocks Cash receipts were less for the Leghorns than for any of the tho other bree breeds This Is true despite the higher egg production for Leghorns and Is largely due to Increased meat receipts from liens hens and broilers for forthe forthe the American breeds Total expenses per bird were slightly slight slight- ly Iy higher for the three American Americ n breeds ThIs tended to balance the labor Income so that it was quite sim liar ilar for the tho four breeds Willi only CiO 59 cents difference between the high and the low In labor Income It Is apparent apparent ap- ap parent that there is no practical difference dif dif- Terence ference In the tho profitableness of these four main breeds |
