. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Constitutional Vigor in Poultry 577. Fig. The buildings in which flocks 76 and 75 were housed Flocks 21 and 23 were put in pens in the New York State fresh- air house, having concrete floor and both glass and cloth windows (Fig. 162). This house is of the shed-roof type, with paper- covered roof. Each fowl was given square feet floor space
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Constitutional Vigor in Poultry 577. Fig. The buildings in which flocks 76 and 75 were housed Flocks 21 and 23 were put in pens in the New York State fresh- air house, having concrete floor and both glass and cloth windows (Fig. 162). This house is of the shed-roof type, with paper- covered roof. Each fowl was given square feet floor space, cubic feet air space, square feet cloth-window surface, square feet glass- window surface, and square feet yard area. A complete description of the house is given in Bulletin 274 of this station. winter care and feeding All flocks received similar treatment, care, and food. Similar alterations in method of treatment or in care were made for each flock to be compared. The grain ration was fed rather sparingly in a litter in the morning and more abundantly at night. At noon either beets, cabbage, or grass, as green food, or green cut bone, was thrown to the fowls in quantities varying with the number of fowls in the pen. At this time the dry mash hoppers were opened and left open until night. During the early summer months fresh-mown grass was thrown to the fowls. Grit, oyster shell, and fresh water were constantly before them. The grain ration consisted of 2 pounds cracked corn, 2 pounds wheat, and I pound oats, having a nutritive ratio of i pound protein to pounds carbohydrates and fat. During the period between December 31, 1907, and March 10, 1908, oats were omitted from the ration. The dry mash ration remained constant throughout the year, con- sisting of 6 pounds corn meal, 3 pounds wheat bran, 6 pounds wheat middlings, i pound alfalfa meal, i pound old process linseed oil meal, and 5 pounds meat scrap of 65 per cent protein. This mixture gives a n
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