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REPORT OF TEE POULTRY MANAGER 249 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



No. 2 Table. — Cost of rearing 100 chickens from May 1 to July 21, 1905, and then 

 the cost of feeding the same chickens from July 21 to September 1 (4 months in all). 

 These details show that if sold at end of July the chickens would have been worth 

 more than at the later period. 



No. 3 Table. — Value of the combination of egg layers and market types. 



No. 4 Table. — Revenue made by C. E. F. Poultry Department by sale of eggs and 

 stock for breeding pruposes. 



TABLE 1. 



Revenue from sale of Eggs for eating and hatching purposes with value of Birds 



and cost of feeding. 



Value of 46 pullets at $1 each $46 00 



" 2 cockerels at $1 each 2 00 



" grain, 272 lbs. at li cents per lb 34 05 



mash, 680 lbs. at 1 cent per lb 6 80 



cut bone, 1Y8 lbs. at 2 cents per lb 3 56 



" beets, 174 lbs. at I cent per lb 87 



" grit and oyster shell 1 00 



" 66 egg boxes for shipping at 8 cents each 5 28 



$99 56 

 Receipts from sale of Eggs. 



Value of eggs sold during the year $33 00 



" " for breeding purposes, 66 settings, 15 eggs 



each 66 00 



" 44 hens on hand, at $1 44 00 



*' 1 cock on hand, at $1 1 00 



$144 00 

 Lost during the year, 3 birds ; gain, $44.44, or 96 cents per hen. 



TABLE 2. 



Showing cost of rearing 100 chickens from birth to the age of 2 months and 21 

 days (May 1 to July 21). 



Chickens in lot: Barred Plymouth Eocks and White Wyandottes (45 cockerels 

 jvnd 55 pullets). 



Cost of production — 



250 eggs for incubation, at 2 cents each $5 00 



Coal oil, 4 galls., at 25 cents, $1; interest on machine, $1.25. . 2 25 

 Food consumed — 



38 eggs, at 2 cents, cut up for mash 76 



13 lbs. bread, at 3 cents 36 



5^ lbs. rice, at 5 cents 27 



5 lbs. oatmeal, 2^ cents 13 



118 lbs. wheat, at 11 cents 1 48 



17 Ibe. ground barley, at 1 cent 17 



10^ lbs. meat meal, at 2^ cents 26 



12 lbs. ground oats, at 1 cent 12 



Total cost of production $11 80 



Total weight of lot at age of 2 months and 21 days, 148^ lbs. 

 Value of lot, 148i lbs., at 25 cents per lb $37 12 



Net profit $25 32 



