250 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1935 



Cost of feeding 100 chickens during 1 month and 10 days (July 21 to Septem- 

 ber 1). 



Food consumed — 



12 lbs. meat meal at 2 J cents 30 



5 lbs. barley, at 1 cent 05 



30 lbs. shorts, at 1 cent 30 



34 lbs. ground oats, at 1 cent 34 



128 lbs. wheat, at 1| cents 1 60 



25 lbs. oats, at 1 cent 25 



Total cost of feeding $2 84 



Total weight of lot at age of 4 months, 272 lbs. 



Total gain in live weight during feeding period, 123^ lbs. 



Value of increased weight, 123^ lbs., at 13 cents. ... $16 06 



Net profit $13 22 



Total weight of chickens at age of 4 months, 272 lbs. at 



13 cents $34 66 



Total cost of production, $11.80 and $2.84 14 04 



Total net profit 20 02 



Table 3. — Showing value of eggs sold from pens 34 and 35 for hatching, and value of 

 chickens at 4 months from eggs from these pens. 



COST OF PRODUCTION. 



Value of breeding stock, 46 pullets at $1 $46 00 



Value of breeding stock, 2 cockerels at $1 2 00 



Value of food consumed by old birds 46 28 



Cost of rearing 100 chickens, at 4 months of 



age (Sept. 1) 14 64 



$108 92 



RECEIPTS FROM EGGS AND FLESH. 



Value of eggs sold during the year $33 00 



Value of eggs sold for breeding, 49 settings at $1. 49 00 

 Value of 100 chickens at age of 4 months (Sept. 



1), weight 272 lbs., at 13 cents 34 66 



Value of 44 yearling hens, at $1 44 00 



Value of 1 yearling cock, at $1 1 00 



Lost during the year, 3 birds. 



161 66 



Xct profit $52 74 



oi $1.15 by each hen. 



