available for feed and the various kinds of equip-  
" ‘ ment needed in a house of this type; A '((i<'_     _,.. » #·‘/      
*5, Turning left from the main road, one finds a series   ·· ir n `V " I ' ii it   
` ,, r of three houses, the first of which is the breeder l   l   *T**1?`%lIE?F`    
` house. This house, like the brooder house, is con- A—··‘—*·:·A    A
P structed of concrete blocks. In it are 62 six-foot-      ~ .   _ #**1;   _
square pens used for single-male matings—one male I V   "" TN  
bird and eight females. This house offers opportunity Th€ “H0m0S0i€" l10¤S€ derives its Hilmc from thm of thc
for feeding, litter, Watering, nesting and vgntrlatrorr thick, cardboard-like material used on the sides and roof.
management studies. The bulk of the work carried   »_ V. _,   , e _ . —— -V
_ on in this house, however, concerns breeding and           V
” reproduction studies. At present there are nine pens     ,   ....,
providing chicks to be used for oxygen-consumption  1 ‘ \i.. `   `—  
J work. The birds in five of these pens showed high ` I   ,,—,, Ai .  
oxygen consumption when tested at 3 weeks of age, TQ {   zi? __,, if
_;_ with the other four pens showing low consumption. 1/Agri 4   Gmcrrcisr D W
 _‘ Eight pens are being used to establish eight inbred _/r ` ` · V - ¥$}`$Y”i ¢EZ»»5f` »— Ke  MuCLam_r, rm  
4 ye lines to be used in further breeding research. Four °““"@¢     gmdumc Student
E r _ r r     A _,     _ · i' {iii;   Gene Plumley ex-
, V   '°V»r `\°~t"5w~`~;lgl¥ °      ’   2  • ~`   f  amine cross-bred
·y~ A, ri          A  AA Ar     , A A A ,1,   r_Ak r _r rr -
  s __,re . r. A A _ _     gk   enc en or ea 1
  · ·-»·‘V Pl  __     · l _‘    *-“`cV x Lr pattern_
  V   ,,_,;     A   pens each of \Vhite Plymouth Rocks, New Hamp-
  ¤'rf V_,  shires, Rhode Island Reds, and Silver Cornish are
_     VA  being used for Hook replacement and teaching pur-
_ g     /—  V·=‘    .=__‘',‘A,’_   poses. Twenty-four pens provide eggs for special
J M€m`[yP€.bu`d be-  ~·     Tc      incubation projects. The remaining pens in the
ing examined by ~~_ ‘   . _ _
. Srrrfr M cmb cr ?   I A   .r~W_ _ breeder house are used for male birds that might be
Tljomas H_ John.   -g~»   _A   ' A   needed in other pens. Storage space is also available
4 son for breast   _A n     A_  i '```li   for feed and equipment. _
l width and °l°l°fh’     ,,,,_   A   Next is an aluminum house, the Hrst house to he
zgsgistlrgycglrii   `‘‘-V   _  ’ .=,-“   built on the farm. This is   cage house having  
A A marker birds are  "   A  3 ~     capacity of 480 egg-type laying hens used in experi-
·A judged   _ {Ag 3  Z-.3**   ments on feeding different levels of protein, fat and
-* i .. Hber.
i_§yj—   ALA;    ...._     A:  __;   A; The last of the three houses is the `ilrlonnosote"
_ V Ar " : .)A     .-._r   Q   ‘°’‘‘°‘ ·*   rr, house. It housAes approximately 400 birds being used
  r    AAA                     for reproduction anld mrtnagemetrt ;tutl1es.lll#Iomo-
 . ..._             f L   *   ‘      55 sote is a connnercia ma eria mate rom ot news-
·    rs  ./ e rr     _‘-’ 1   — papers, cardboard, etc., pressed hydraulically into
I     ’        l _ Vf.‘‘. l thick, heavy sheets. The material has unusual strength
§   A        rr    Ar A_   and lasting power. Some shelters on the old poultry
Ar   V         V f;_`{]']]]Ah}_1(l coverings of Homosote that had been lll
   F,   rl i‘  I _,:- A_     ‘‘A it    us; foir Ifirytrars. H r r I t
H y  I  _   . __V.   · `outi o tie " r omoso e’ iouse are wo new ex-
,   . 'TI`'. A llllfi l     peritnental houses under construction. These con-
,_       A__V     A   sist of pole-frame construction with heavy plastic
        ·._r A A   i   A   being used for the roof and sides of one, and metal
A    Wh,     A roofing and plastic siding on the other. 'Ihesc will
· Department Head \V. M. Insko, ]r., checks egg shell quality be Usul for l`“*“`lllg houses uml llollslllg lll*llml—iC‘
J in the caged layer house. Cans above the cages contain feed ment studies.
· . for the groups of pullets being studied. (C(m({m;g([ mr. Page 6)
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