Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1916 — HENS PRODUCING MOST EGGS [ARTICLE]

HENS PRODUCING MOST EGGS

Comparison Made of Hen-Hatched Chickens and Artificially Hatched —incubator Is Favored. Experiments conducted by the New York State College of Agriculture, extending over a period of three years, disproved the theory that hen hatched chickens are of higher vitality than those hatched in incubators. The first year the hen matched pullets laid more eggs than the incubator hatched ones. The second year the incubator pullets succeeded, both in number and in profits, as they laid more reglarly during the season when eggs were high priced. During the third year the balance was still more in favor of the artificially hatched hen. Also, she was in better condition. The chicks were hatched from eggs of the same quality, and fed and housed in the same manner. The experiment will be continued for many years, so that more accurate conclusions can be arrived at. So far, the chicks, hatched by incubator from eggs laid by hens hatched from incubators, have proved more steady and valuable egg producers.