. Annual report. Agriculture. Annual Keport. 1920 43 Forestlnirg Lacombe Rosvth Galahad Leduc Round Hill Oadsby Loyalist Ryley Glenevis Lamont Savoy Gunn SidiiiL' La<-. St. Anne Sedgewick Gwynne JtcetinfT Creek Sylvan Lake Haynes Jletiskow Stonelaw Hayter Meadow \'ie\v Throne Hespero Xanton Tofield Higii River Nightingale Vermilion Irma Ohaton Veteran Irvine Opal Viking Ishiy Parkland Wainwright Jarrow Red Deer Waskatenau Junkins Kibstone Westlock .Tenner Rochester Vegreville PliOVIXCIAL POULTKY PlANT The l)rancli is alile to report another successful year in connection with the operation o
. Annual report. Agriculture. Annual Keport. 1920 43 Forestlnirg Lacombe Rosvth Galahad Leduc Round Hill Oadsby Loyalist Ryley Glenevis Lamont Savoy Gunn SidiiiL' La<-. St. Anne Sedgewick Gwynne JtcetinfT Creek Sylvan Lake Haynes Jletiskow Stonelaw Hayter Meadow \'ie\v Throne Hespero Xanton Tofield Higii River Nightingale Vermilion Irma Ohaton Veteran Irvine Opal Viking Ishiy Parkland Wainwright Jarrow Red Deer Waskatenau Junkins Kibstone Westlock .Tenner Rochester Vegreville PliOVIXCIAL POULTKY PlANT The l)rancli is alile to report another successful year in connection with the operation of the Provincial Poultry Plant. A good egg yield lias been maintained notwithstanding the severity of the -winter of 1919- 1920. A special effort was made during the year 1920 to demonstrate to the farmers of the province the practicability of all the year round egg production. There exists in the minds of some farmers and poultry keepers in Alberta an impression that our winters are too severe for pro- fitable egg production and that on account of this disability poultry iceeping cannot be followed with the same degree of profit as elsewhere. The Management of the Poultry Plant has Just completed a test which demonstrates beyond question that when breeding, feeding and manage- ment are properly conducted, nothing need interfere with all the j^ear round egg production. The results show that in spite of severe weather conditions, profitable cfm be maintained. In fact, a select pen of Barred Plymouth Eocks, in a period of twelve months, including the severe winter months of 1919-1920, exceeded all previous I';'!' •?? ' Laid 261 eg^.s in 1- ;-ntiVf months Dec. 1st. 1919 to Nov, 30th. 1920 at - the Provincial Poultry Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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