Show PROVED VALUE OF RUN ON BLUEGRASS hatchability also advanced by proper rations F peed bcd the flock tile the proper rations and hatchability will be increased according to C BI ferg ferguson son poultry specialist special at the ohio state university A serie ser lesof experiments dating back to 1924 1024 at the ohio agricultural experiment peri perl ment station shows that a basal ration containing 80 1 10 per cent yellow corn when fed to birds in confinement produced an average ity fly of only per cent added to this ration showed considerable improvement alfalfa hay a slight improvement a bare outdoor yard a slight improvement and an outdoor yard with bluegrass increased hatchability to COO per cent following this experiment ferguson fergnson says a second experiment was run in which the ground yellow corn in the basil ration was increased from 30 to 05 per cent tills this increase supplied sufficient sulli clent amounts of vitamin A to prevent roup in addition to this the birds were given as much sunshine as could be admitted by pla placing c the feeders in front of open windows in spite of this soy bean hay alfalfa and red clover hay added to the ration increased the hatchability from to per cent for soy eoy bean hay bay per cent for alfalfa hay and per cent for clover hay here again bluegrass range jumped the hatchability up to ga per cent |