REPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RATIONS. 



Rations fed to above pen of fowls were :— 

 Wheat ij lbs. per diem. 

 Cut bone, | lb. to 1 lb. every second day. 

 Roots, I lb. every second day. 



Mash was given in summer time to replace the cut bone and in the same quantity, 

 viz., 1 part shorts, 1 part meat meal. 



EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. 



Value of grain, 398 lbs., at l:|c. per lb $4 98 



" mash, 125 lbs. at 2c. per lb 2 50 



" roots, 137 lbs. at Jc. per lb. (in winter) .... 68 



" grit and shell, 24 lbs 20 



" 11 egg boxes for shipping at 8c. each 88 



$9 24 



RECEIPTS. 



Value of 503 eggs sold for eating $10 08 



" 158 eggs sold for breeding, lOJ settings of 15 



eggs each 10 50 



$20 58 



Gain of $11 34 



or $1.13 per hen (10 birds in pen). 



Nos. 30, 55 and 100 which were pullets were selected with other good layers for 

 breeders. It will be noticsd that several hens in this group did not become broody. 

 Their selection for breeding stock might be the first step in building up a non-setting 

 strain of White Plymouth Rocks. 



Table No. 4. — ^Individual Hen Records by Trap Nests, Buff Orpington Hens, two 



years of age. Pen No. 4. 



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



The three hens marked * were neither used nor sold for breeding stock. 

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