26 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I902. 



illustrate forcibly the necessity for early hatched stock if a full 

 year's work is to be gotten from it by November first. 



10,611 eggs were laid in the nests by the Plymouth Rocks to 

 October 31st — an average of 132 to each bird. Ten of the 80 

 died or were stolen and did not work a full year, but no deduc- 

 tions are made on that account. 



Xo. 303 laid 208 eggs, and 127 in the following year. No. 

 326 laid 211, and 145 during the next year. No. 318 laid 237 

 good brown eggs in the year, and 102 the second year. After 

 she had laid 200 the next dozen were saved as produced and 

 found to weigh 1 pound, u^4 ounces. 



In the same pens receiving the same treatment as the foregoing 

 and of the same breed, were Nos. 347, 361 and 375 and they 

 yielded respectively 32, 42 and 36 eggs in the same time that 

 their mates were doing their greatest work. 



9,844 eggs were laid by the 80 \\ nite Wyandotte hens up to 

 October 31st. Ten of their numbers died or were stolen during 

 the year, but no allowance is made for their short work. The 

 80 averaged 123 eggs each. Xo. 403 laid 209 eggs to October 

 31st and in the full year after she commenced laying she laid 

 219. The second year she laid 162 eggs. No. 428 laid 217 

 to October 31st and in the full year 219. During the second 

 year she laid 138. Xo. 445 laid 208 to October 31st and 219 to 

 the close of her full year. The next year she yielded 139 eggs. 

 Xo. 480 laid 214 to Oct. 31st and 218 at the close of full year. 

 During the next year she gave 172 eggs. The poorest laying 

 was done by Xos. 411 ; 462 ; 474; 475 and 478, their yields being 

 respectively 62 ; 22 ; 41 ; 10 and 66 to October 31st. Although 

 these poorer layers looked well when they were pullets, as they 

 grew older several of them showed low vitality. 



The twenty Brahmas laid 2,018 eggs to Oct. 31st, an average 

 of nearly 101 eggs each. None of them reached the two hun- 

 dred limit. Four either died or were stolen in the eighth and 

 ninth months forward from Nov. 1st. The poorest laying for 

 the year was done by No. 485. She gave a total yield of 2 eggs. 

 While she was not a producer there was nothing in her looks 

 or appearance to indicate that she was a drone. As the season 

 advanced she became fleshy but she was not of the fleshy type 

 at the commencement or during the early months of the year. 



The following tables show the work of the individual birds by 

 months and the totals. 



