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The variation in egg yields was investigated
at the Utah Station. Contrary to the accepted
opinion that it was necessary to renew floks
frequently to obtain the highest egg-yield
it was found that more hens made their
highest record after the first year X X
The average productive life of the strain
of fowls in this experiment appreared to
be about four years. In the Rhode Island
and Mississippi Stations cotton seed meal
was formed to be as good for egg production
as beef scraps. Is the Cornell
Station it was found the possibility
of reducing the high cost of living
appearing to be more in a better system
of distributing the products than in obtaining
greater yields. In the New
York Station a study of 10 years profits
from an apple Orchard showed
a net profit for this period at $120.60
per accre. This was a Baldwin Orchard
in its fourth decase. The profits from
this orchard were believed to be many
times as great as those from an overage
New York orchard

Volunteer M. T. Kirk "The Chestnut blight"
This bark disease has become irrisistable
in Mass. The State forester says the area
of severe infection is so great and the
proportion of Chestnuts there would
be any hope of saving so small
the Commonwealth would not be
justified in making any attempt to
to stop the disease. For the opinion of
authorities, the only thing left for the