244 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



COST OF DAILY RATION. 



The daily ration and cost were as follows : — 



3J lbs. cut bone at Ic Z\ 



5 lbs. wheat or buckwheat, at Ic 5 



Grit and vegetables, say 1^ 



Total 10 



PRODUCTION PER DIEM AND PRICES OBTAINED. 



The following figures show the output of eggs per day by the 50 hens for December, 

 January, February and March, period of high prices : — 



December.— 18, 16, 14, 18, 21, 13, 17, 16, 19, 18, 17, 14, 18, 20, 18, 19, 16, 18, 

 15, 19, 17, 22, 20, 23, 24, 18, 20, 27, 21, 28, 23 = 587. In this month eggs retailed at 

 80 and 35 cents per dozen in Ottawa. 



January.— 21, 27, 25, 18, 25, 23, 18, 26, 21, 23, 24, 21, 20, 23, 23, 25, 21, 25, 23, 

 20, 22, 20, 22, 22, 21, 22, 21, 26, 24, 19, 22 = 693. Eggs sold at 30 and 35 cents. 

 Eighteen dozen sent to Montreal fetched 40 cents per dozen. 



February.— 22, 27, 23, 20, 24, 23, 19, 23, 19, 22, 20, 15, 23, 19, 18, 15, 25, 25, 20, 

 22, 23, 21, 20, 25, 17, 23, 23, 24 = 600. Eggs sold at 25 cents per dozen. 



March.— 20, 24, 18, 25, 18, 25, 23, 21, 23, 22, 19, 26, 19, 20, 14, 18, 11, 20, 15, 

 13, 12, 15, 14, 18, 18, 17, 17, 20, 20, 19, 22 = 586. Eggs sold at 18 centa 



From the above it will be seen how much profit was made during the winter 

 months named, with cost of production at no more than ten cents per diem. 



EGGS LAID BY THB DIFFERENT BREEDS. 



The following will show the number of eggs laid by the different breeds : — 



9 SQver Laced Wyandotte hens. 



7 White Java hens 



11 Silver Laced Wyandotte pul- 

 lets 



Mixed hens 



11 Plymouth Rock and Dorking 

 Cross hens 



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< 



87 

 122 



233 

 129 





78 

 112 



209 

 141 



« 

 1-s 



63 

 59 



142 

 53 



S 



> s 



48 

 14 



62 

 59 



a 





172 

 19 



51 

 191 



154 



p 





43 

 u 



5 



O 



169 154 121 892 



(replaced on 22nd December by 11 

 Silver Laced W.yandotte pullets.) 326 



160 

 198 



166 



134 

 169 



143 



114 

 206 



146 



(Eggs laid by all hens when nmnmg at large during months of July, August, September and 

 October) 



Total . 



459 

 1,400 



990 



706 



4,773 



COST OF PRODUCTION IN SUMMER. 



Exception may be taken to the high figures obtained for the eggs sold in the winter 

 months. The following statement made to the committee will show that fifty hens, 

 running at large, in the summer season of low prices, should not cost the farmer more 

 than four cents per day : — 



" Not many days ago a farmer visited me, and I put the case to him in this way. 

 I said : We reduced the cost of rations of fifty hens, during last winter, to ten cents per 

 day. On these rations they laid well and were in perfect health. My opinion is that 

 with the laying stock running at large — as they do in most cases — the cost of the fifty 



