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11 B66 WEIGHING Vol 3. THE DAILY BULLETIN College Station, Texas, Thursday, January 15, 1920. | Number 90 THREE POUNDS LAID ON FARM 3 High Cost of Breakfast Eggs Solved is one and wide, two and one hen or in an incubator. ~ hatching process. at Last—College Experiments Prove a Success Professor T. J. Conway has in his - possession an egg which he offers to give any family which will prom- ise to eat its total bulk at one sit- ¢ ting, allowing them the privilege of choosing the form which they will have it cooked and served. It was laid by one of the birds at the Poultry Farm and he claims it is the only one of its kind ever pro- duced at A. and M. or in this part of the State even. It weighs exactly forty eight ounces the weight of two dozen hen eggs, meas- equivalent ures fifteen and a quarter inches shortest circumference, seventeen inches longest eircumference, six in- ches in length and four and one- eighth inches in width. This size will be made comprehensible by bear- ing in mind that the average hen egg three-quarters inches quarter inches long, and weighs two ounces. It was found Monday morning in the ostrich pen and from the way the ostriches fought to retain pos- session of it eredit has been generally accorded them for this prize, at the expense of the records of the ‘“‘bid- dies” who until this time have been credited with all such products. The egg is perfectly shaped bear- ing out the form of a hen egg. It is ivory white, smooth and slick. From the size one would be prone to think that very few would be laid by an ostrich in a season, but the records examined on this point show that a good one will often lay in a year one hundred eggs, which is approxi- mately twenty four hundred hen eggs. Otherwise one good ostrich hen will lay as many equal sized eggs as twelve good hens, taking a whole year as an average. In ad- dition an ostrich will live thirty or forty years. They do not breed un- til about the fourth year. The birds here are now eight years of age. Now that the breeding season has begun the bird is expected to lay 2-- tinuously for quite a while. When fif- teen or twenty have been laid they will be set either under the ostrich The hen is able to cover that number of eggs in a nest made usually in soft sand. The female sits on them during the day and the male assumes her position at night, thus outdoing chanticleer by claiming half-interest in the It takes from forty-two to fifty days for the eggs to hatch, and they incubate at a tem- 1 perature of 98 to 100 degrees Faren- ~ heit, which is from three to five de- grees lower than the temperature required to hatch hen eggs. ~The little chicks may be reared THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY CLUB TO AlD SURVEYORS Ten Members of the Club Want to Meet All College Officials In- tending to Go There The Rio Grande Valley Club held a meeting Monday night with H. M. Eliot Chief of the Division of Farm and Ranch Economics of the Experi- ment Station to consult with him con- cerning the work that he is to do in the Valley in the next few months. Ten members, all of whom reside in or near the principal towns of the 1 Valley were present and demonstrat- ed a most laudable spirit of progres- siveness and co-operation in the plans that they suggested for making A. and M. better known to the pros- pective students and farmers In need of expert information and in- struction in that region. B. Youngblood, Director of the Experiment Station has arranged with B. E. Sheppard of Donna, Tex- as, to call a meeting of the farmers of the Rio Grande Valley, Monday, January 19, in the school house there, and they will formulate plans for conducting a survey to deter- mine the most profitable type of farming for that section of the state, in co-operation with the Texas Ex- periment Station and the two bureaus of Farm Economics and Markets of the U.'S. Dept. of Agr in his present capacity, but he retain- The fact that Mr. Eliot is to leave ‘ed the nominal directorship of the this week for the Valley to make pre- | culture. liminary arrangements for the sur- vey was announced a few days ago. These enterprising young men hav- ing the interest of their people and their country in mind as well as in heart requested this meeting with Mr. Eliot. They talked freely with him about existing conditions in the Valley, explaining every peculiarity known to them and their ideas of plans they wanted followed by of- ficials who went there from this Col- lege. It was an ideally beneficent attitude on their part, showing that they were prompted by two things, pride in their College and pride in their homes. No preparation had been made previous to the meeting and hence no definite plans were outlined, but the boys let it be known plainly that they were ready with their own help and of their people and friends at home to aid in any enterprise bene- ficial to their section of the State. They ask the privilege of meeting with any College official who con- templates making a visit there, and assure him a warm welcome on ar- rival if they are permitted to do so. either by hand or allowed to run with the parent birds. The male bird is very savage now and Professor Conway advises any- one who goes there to use caution in approaching the pen, as he is capable to inflict a dangerous wound. CLARENCE OUSLEY WILL ARRIVE IN TEXAS THIS WEEK Will Aid in the Campaign to Place the 1920 Farm Program in Hands of the Farmers. Clarence Ousley, Assistant Secre- tary Agriculture of the United States will arrive in Texas this week to make a number of speeches in- different parts of the State on the 1920 Farm Program adopted at the Waco meet- ing of the State Council of Agricul- ture on December 2. In doing this Mr. Ousley is show- ing deference to the expressed wish of Director T. O. Walton last winter that he should come to Texas and help to promote the adoption of this program by explaining and encour- aging the use of it to the farmer's organizations of this country. He will arrive in Houston Sunday, and on Monday will go to El Campo where he will deliver his first address on that day. He will be in Marlin on the 20th. After that date he will be in Texarkana, Marshal, Palestine, Paris and probably other points but his original speaking dates made for these places have been changed, and it is uncertain just when he will be at each place, this to be decided when he arrives. After the declaration of war in 1917, Mr. Ousley went to Washington Extension Service here until last spring when present Director T. O. Walton was elected. Mr. Ousley has expressed his de- sire to spend one day at the College during his visit to Texas and will ac- cording to the opinion of his friends here indubitably do so, but the exact date like the others is indefinite. Bi i — A. AND M. STUDENTS ENDORSE A. MATHER HILBURN “Hilburn is excellent. He keeps your interest from the beginning to the end of his program. While you are busy laughing, the character be- fore you changes.” G. W. Smith. “I have known Hilburn for the past fifteen years and have witnessed several of his performances, every succeeding program being better than the former one. I was in Am- MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED IN VOTING TUESDAY Than One Thousand Votes Polled Out of Possible Two Thousand More One thousand and six votes were cast in the Peace Treaty referendum Tuesday, all but 107 of this number being cast by students. Roughly estimated, there were about 2,000 people connected in var- ious ways with the College who were eligible to vote. The number polled is considered remarkable, and we’l above the percentage recorded by other schools from which reports have been received. Proposition 1, which provides for the ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations without res- ervations, was the most popular, drawing 68 votes from the faculty and 478 from the students, a total of 546. Proposition two, which voiced op- position to ratification of the League of Nations in any form, found only four supporters among the faculty members and 36 among the students. Proposition three, favoring ratifi- cation with the Lodge reservations also found four supporters in the faculty, and 65 in the student body. The fourth proposition, which ad- vocated a compromise between the Lodge and Democratic reservations in order to facilitate ratification of the treaty, was favored by 31 fac- ulty members and 320 students, a total of 351. arillo when he gave an entertain- ment which was the best of its kind. There was not a person who unfa- vorably criticised his performances. I believe that every student who sees and hears Hilburn will not re- gret the price of admission. In my estimation, he is a wonder.”—Geo. D. Holt. In a recent letter from M. C. Tur- ner of Dallas, is the following about Me. Hilburn: “You can guarantee Mr. Hilburn to please everybody. He is a mighty good man. . ————————f—eeee. LOST—Bunch of about 6 keys, with a key to my room M.77-101001 G. H. Finder please return to Mil- ner 77. 90 Proposition 1 Proposition 2 Proposition 3 Proposition 4 Total Grand Total ... Total Registration VOTE ON PEACE TREATY. CIRCE ST TE TRE EE JC SE CR EE TE I I I CII I UR SC JRC RT RT TE ICT I) Faculty Students 68 478 4 36 4 65 31 320 107 899 RR Si SEY awe 006 Ee TI ESI Re RIAN 1,613 oy SPREE Cre eee 400 Faculty and Employes . LL
