EGG FERTILITY ON DIFFERENT
FEED COMPARED; CUT HATCHED
When the first lot cf bc.by chicles
came out of the incubator last Sun
day, the Hatchery was then 'bio to
complete figures regarding the fer
tility of the hatching eggs purch
ased. Max Sherrod, manager, states
that all eggs used this year are
from chickens of the various Colon
ists, although it was possiolc to
secure the comparatively small num
ber required from j\;ct a few farm
ers .
Max tells us that the eggs furnishcc
by Grant Kensor shewed from 00 to
95% fertile. Of these about 70 to
75% hatched. These chickens have
been fed on "Matanuska Maid" feed.
This is the egg mash which is made
up by Sperry's according to a formu
la which is standarized and w!ich
includes cod liver oil, 10%
dried milk and dried greens. An
other lot of c-ggs used by the Colon
ist showed about 49% fertile and of
these only 17% of those set hatched.
Those latter eggs were from hens whe
had been fed on Olympic Mash, which
does not have any dried milk or
fereens and is deficient in cod livei
oil.
There were 1200 chi cits out of the
Incubator last Sunday and 7/illiam
Casler took the first 100 that same
day. He is the only one wh-c las
ordered day-old chicks, host pur
chasers take them at 10-days old.
Another lot of chicks carte out of
the incubator Thursday of this week.
There will bo a setting started to
day, another one on the sixth and a
snail one on the 11th. And that is
all. Max advises, that the number ol
eggs ordered this year has boon vorj
much less than last year and he is
worried that there won11 be enough
this winter to supply the demand.
Orders for 1550 chickens have beeh
cancelled since the price of eggs
started to go down. But this wa3
counteracted somewhat by new orders
for 1600 chicks, during that same
t imo.
Max advises that chicks hatched so
far are decidedly more healthy this
year than last with practically not
weak or crippled chickens and very
few deaths. They appear to much
stronger in every respect.
/ f J ,V C\ cr O - V
CABIN LOG3 -- Round or Squared
and
POND NET POLLS
Reasonable
! Loren McIIechnie
Palmer
I
Dggs are still going down ll
•//1' s - Z\i Small - 19i
Cracks - 19^
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phate, is loss than twice the cost.
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can get more good from just one
sack at less money. Check on it.
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