Show SELECTED MALES BIALES INCREASE SE WEIGHT OF PULLET EGGS pullets going into production generally lay small eggs because such eggs are small they gr grade a de lower and bring lower prices by using selected males at the national agricultural research center Bel beltsville avi al jmj alj J dr C W knox and M W olsen of the bureau of animal industry in 4 years have developed white leghorn pullets which start laying large eggs so much sooner that the december average egg weight has jumped from ounces per dozen to ounces per dozen there was no culling of pullets during the test As a result the average egg weight for the entire first year of production went from fram ounces per dozen to ounces per dozen I 1 twenty four ounces per dozen is ithe the minimum weight for large eggs in the top united states 9 grades rades males used in the breeding pens were selected on the basis of their sisters average e egg 9 weight the first 2 years of the test and during the past 2 years were selected on both their sisters arid and daugh average egg weight average egg weight made steady gains as shown by the december averages from year to year tk tie e eggs averaged ounces for de cember of 1934 the year the test began for the same month h in 1935 1933 before the breeding work had time to produce results average weight dropped to ounces available irrigation water in utah coull bo be extended to 50 per cent more land erosion from irrigation would be reduced and crops would be improved if all farms arms of the state were irrigated with the same care as a group of farms arms on an experiment in weber md and davis counties during the past two wo years professor wilford D porter extension cate ision editor at utah state agricultural college pints out reviewing the two tv 0 ya e c p i ment conducted by the c arte te sion service ervice and th a adjustment I 1 11 i the issue of i service review monthly ruE pu location cation of the U S department 0 agriculture professor por e exp eap aini ain that the coope atin fam fa m rs agreed cod to apply no lor har ha si s inches of watt ri a arifi aric IT r tion undo uncle liis 1110 pr 3 c were required aired to so sol arm washing leachm leach leaching ng or wat r logging me j ceic w in stalled ill at th hadd 01 ol ON cs leading directly into coo pealing farms arid and the amount of water used on each crop was ed by measurements on the weir checked against the length of tim wate wa was app id i d t j u ps pa i piece of land during the first year of the experiment peri ment a full time engineer was employed to assist in checking on measuring equipment and records the second year the numbers of cooperators increased from to farmers went into the programs with reservations as it was new to them results however have been most satisfying to the farmers to those who haa had charge of the experiment and to the extension service and the agricultural adjustment administration professor porter declares an analysis of the data collected revealed that thai the total seasonal requirement of wate tor best farm practice was consider ably less than that usually applied soil erosion was kept to a minimum and crops were actuary actually improved with smaller applications of water professor porters particle lart article icle points out |