. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. January. 1922. SCIEXTIFIC AGRICULTl'RE. 153 Poultry Breeding at the University of British Columbia By E. a. LLOYD and V. S. ASMUNDSON. A large portion of British Columbia with its mild and even climate is well adapted to poultry raising. Along the Pacific Coast, in the Lower Fraser Valley, and on Vancouver Island, the poultry in- dustry is being developed in an intensive way. It is quite common to find poultry farms in some districts carrying from one to four thousand birds. Many of these farms are so hi
. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. January. 1922. SCIEXTIFIC AGRICULTl'RE. 153 Poultry Breeding at the University of British Columbia By E. a. LLOYD and V. S. ASMUNDSON. A large portion of British Columbia with its mild and even climate is well adapted to poultry raising. Along the Pacific Coast, in the Lower Fraser Valley, and on Vancouver Island, the poultry in- dustry is being developed in an intensive way. It is quite common to find poultry farms in some districts carrying from one to four thousand birds. Many of these farms are so highly specialized that poultry provides over 90 per cent, of the gross revenue, obtained for the most pa,rt from the sale of market eggs. The pro- duction of a large number of eggs per hen thus becomes the factor of greatest econ- omic importance to the farmer. While the average egg production for the whole prov- ince is approximately 120 eggs per hen according to statistics that are available, flock averages of 160 eggs are fairly com- mon. Some commercial flocks are known to produce as high an average as 200 eggs per bird in the pullet year. Under conditions of such intense egg production, breeding work becomes much more technical in nature and to be ideal should approach an exact science. Very fcAv private individuals can find the time, the labor, or the means for carrying out such breeding projects as the industry requires. Consequently such institutions as the University are expected to do the work. The Beginning of Breeding Work. The poultry i:>laiit at the University of British Columbia has only been in opera- tion since the Fall of 1918, when a number of pens especially selected from high pro- ducing stock in S. C. "White Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Barred Plymouth Rocks, and S. C. Rhode Island Reds w^ere introduced. The work accomplished in such a short time with these breeds can- not possibly be of a conclusive nature. Many interesting observations, however, ha
Size: 1402px × 1782px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcont, booksponsoruniversityoftoronto, booksubjectagriculture
