| Show MAKING TEST OF POULTRY IDEAS TO FIND OUT THEIR FULL WORTH ah experiments made leading to conclusive results prepares Prepa reI by the united d states tat department ot of to determine the soundness of various ideas held by commercial poul the ilio united states DepuYt department ment of agriculture liast has conducted expert indents leading to rather conclusive results from a practical prestle 11 standpoint it Is highly desirable des rable for poultry men to improve if possible the hatchability of eggs to distinguish pullets from roosters at an earty age and to obtain other sf tillar information commercially important but baffling there has ben considerable divergence of 0 opinion n ino the questions ques tlona ilau sas tile the department is idt improved by testing mirds for bacillary bac w white filie i affected the size of eggs has no significant effect on their hatchability there Is no significant correlation between elther elthe shape hape or egg and the sex of the chicken hatched from it therefore from a practical standpoint poultry men cannot expect to influence the ex of chicks hatched by selecting figgs eggs according to either shape or size while there Is a fairly definite relation between the weight of eggs and that of the chicks hatched batched from froin them there Is no significant difference in weight of either sex and it Is highly improbable that purebred pure bred chicks con can be separated according to sex at hatching il the addition of shim milk toa to a ration induces much faster growth the difference being observable as as early earleas ear lyas at the end 1 of 0 we the week this points to the value ot of skim milk lo in p ration |
