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EGG RECORDS FOR TWO YEARS— Cokcluded. 

 White Wyandotte. 



Every hen that has laid large numbers of eggs through the 

 first or the first and second years, has shown much vigor and 

 constitution. Some individuals have laid heavily for a few 

 months and then drooped and died, seemingly because they could 

 not stand the heavy work. 



There have been two hens in the pens all of the last year that 

 we have every reason to suppose have never laid an egg. It is 

 possible that they may have laid, but with the close watching they 

 have had it is not probable. They are well formed and have 

 always been in good thrift and health so far as appearances have 

 indicated. 



In the first table following, the yields of 67 hens are given for 

 two years forward from November 1, 1898, and the records of 

 four of them are continued through the third year. These are 

 not all of the hens tested in 1898, but they are the only ones 

 retained during the second year. Some of them were the best 

 and others among the poorer layers of that year. 



Of the four that laid over 200 eggs during the first 

 12 months after commencing, No. 4 laid 201 eggs the first 

 year, 140 the second and 130 the third year, and she is now on 



