Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1912 — GERMAN EGG-LAYING TESTS [ARTICLE]

GERMAN EGG-LAYING TESTS

Results Given of Experiments Made to Determine Effect of Various Meat Meals on Poultry. Tests were made a short time Blnce in Germany to determine the effect of different meat meals on poultry. During these experiments it was found that the egg production ceased earlier than with normal hens. Fish meal was more favorable for egg production than meat meal. The eggs were of poorer flavor than normal eggs, and could not be preserved in the usual way. The meat meal increased the intensity of the yellow color of the yolk. The flesh of the birds fed meat meal was normal as regards taste and odor, though slightly changed in color, melting point and fat, which were higher than normal, but lower than normal with fish meal. When fed cadaver meal the flesh of the fowl had a rancid taete, and whenever fed should be free from fat as possible, tuberculosis beef did not cause tuberculosis in the hens.