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EGG PRODUCTION IN 



Scrub hen 

 U.S.A. 



Average egg production 

 per hen -- 1900 



Average egg production 

 per hen -- 1942 



Average egg production 

 of 10 superior hens 



Average egg production 

 of 10 sets of daughters 



of these hens 

 (10 flocks of 232 hens) 



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IMPROVEMENT IN^EGG PRODUCTION IN THREE SETS OF EXPERIMENTS 

 Australia ] England 



Eggs 

 per hen 



(average) 



1903 



171 

 173 



i935 



199 

 200 



1?22 

 186 



Connecticut, U.S.A. 



1930 



192 



1915 



1933 



159 

 169 

 157 



235 

 217 

 220 



MAKING HENS PAY FOR THEIR KEEP 



Getting 100 eggs a-year for each hen, or getting over 200 eggs weighing at least 

 2 ounces each, depends not so much upon the amount of muscular work one does as 

 upon the intelligence used in supplying suitable food and living quarters, in protecting 

 against enemies and parasites and in selecting the stock 



lamp shades and foot stools than we ever have a chance to use. In making 

 such things that are not "necessary" the individual does two things: He asserts 

 himself as a person; he impresses himself upon the material world, beyond his 

 hunger or thirst or need for shelter. This is the artist or artisan in man. And 



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