REPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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chosen were 34, 50 and 65, representing tlie small average o£ 53 eggs eacli per year. 

 Eesults from these two widely differing pens will be noted with interest after another 

 season. 



RATIONS FED TO ABOVE PULLETS. 



Whole grain ration, one-half oats one-half wheat, twice per day. 

 Mash loomposed of two parts shorts, one part ground oats and one part ground 

 barley, three times per week. 



Cut bone three times per week. 



Roots three times per week. 



Grit and oyster shells in abundance. 



or 



EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. 



Cost of grain, 440 lbs. at l^c. per lb $ 5 50 



" mash, 143 lbs. at Ic. per lb 1 43 



"' cut bone, 38 lbs. at 2c. per lb 76 



" roots, 50 lbs. at ic per lb 25 



" grit and shell 25 



" 30 egg boxes for shipping at 8c. each .... 2 40 



$10 5a 



Receipts. 



Value of 679 eggs sold for eating • $15 21 



" 450 eggs sold for breeding, 30 settings of 



15 eggs each 30 00 



$45 21 



Gain of $34 62 



.88 per hen. For price of eggs sold at different periods see Table I. 



Table No. 6. — Individual Hen Eecords by Trap Xests. — Cross-bred Pullets. Pen 26. 

 FROM DECEMBER 1, 1904 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1905. 



