. The Eastern poultryman . Prof. James Dryden. From a report of the director of the Utah Station we learn that the demand for this bulletin very soon exhausted the edition, as many as one hundred requests for it being received in one day, from dif- ferent sections of the United States. This bulletin, and later ones by Mr. Dryden, to this day give the only authoritative data on the yearly cost of feeding laying hens of different breeds. His bulletins also contain authoritative data as to the profit that may fairly be expected from laying hens. Among other valuable experiments made by Mr. Dryden
. The Eastern poultryman . Prof. James Dryden. From a report of the director of the Utah Station we learn that the demand for this bulletin very soon exhausted the edition, as many as one hundred requests for it being received in one day, from dif- ferent sections of the United States. This bulletin, and later ones by Mr. Dryden, to this day give the only authoritative data on the yearly cost of feeding laying hens of different breeds. His bulletins also contain authoritative data as to the profit that may fairly be expected from laying hens. Among other valuable experiments made by Mr. Dryden was that on hens versus pullets, or the most profitable age of the hen. He has carried this experi- ment on persistently for a number of years and brought it to a point where the results are so conclusive that they will stand the test of time. Without Mr. Dryden's experiments we would still be pretty much in the dark in regard to the relative merits of hens at different ages, and this is one of the fundamental prob- lems in poultry keeping. The Cyphers Incubator Company has employed Mr. Dryden on a long term contract, with the distinct understanding that it will furnish him an extensive, modern poultry plant, properly equipped for him to conduct his experiments sys- tematically and to carry them forward to a successful conclusion. This company, with the assistance of Mr. Dryden and a corps of efficient helpers, proposes to go straight to the bottom of some of the un- solved questions in practical poultry keeping, with the earnest hope that poul- try raisers may thus be placed in a posi- tion to achieve still greater success in all branches of the industry. Don't Be Sting-y. It does not pay to be stingy with your hens. Sow as you would like to reap. I know a man who gives his flock of sev- enty-five hens one " good-sized " turnip a day; another who gives his flock of sixty hens also one turnip a day. Each of these men brag and say that if the turnips are small they gi
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