242 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



* Hens marked with an asterisk were the poorest layers, and were neither used nor 

 sold for breeding purposes. 



RATIONS. 







Rations and their composition nsed in feeding above pen of fowls were as fol- 

 lows : — 



Whole grain ration, J wheat, J oats, fed in quantity of li lb. per pen per day. 



Mash — ^same as in Table I, but fed once every three days and in quantity of | lb. 

 instead of 1 lb. per pen. 



Cut bone and roots three times per week. 



Grit, oyster shells, drink water in regular supply. 



EXPENDITURE A>TD RECEIPTS. 



Cost of grain, 450 lb. at l^c. per lb $5 62 



" mash, 130i lb. at Ic. per lb 1 31 



" cut bone, 34 lb. at 2c. per lb 68 



" roots (in winter), 52 lb. at ^c. per lb 26 



''' grit and shell, 29^ lb 20 



" 18 egg boxes for shipping at 8c. each. ..... 1 44 



$9 51 



RECEIPTS. 



Value of 481 eggs sold for eating $9 87 



" 270 eggs for breeding, 18 settings of 15 eggs 



each 18 GO 



-^ $27 87 



Gain of $18 36 



or $1.53 per hen. 



Table No. 3. — Individual Hen Records shown by Trap Nests, "White Plymouth Rocks, 



three years of age. Pen No. 3. 



FROM DECEMBER 1, 1904, TO NOVEMBER 1, 1905. 



Hens marked thus * were poor layers, and were neither used nor sold as breeding 



atock. 



