Vigor 



Health 



Special diseases 



Insect pests 



Natural or artificial incubation . 

 Natural or artificial brooding 



Late or early hatching 



Success in rearing chicks 



EGG PRODUCTION : 



Quantity produced (a) summer months 

 (b) winter months 



Frequency of gathering 



By whom gathered 



In what 



Weight of eggs per dozen 



KEEPING FOR MARKET: 



Where 



In what temperature 



Freedom from contamination 



How long kept • • 



Grading 



Eggs found in stolen nests 



Washing eggs 



How marketed 



Distance from market 



Name and address of person to whom sold 



Separation of males from flock out of breeding season 

 Separation of cockerels from pullets 



METHODS OF FEEDING: 



Drink 



Variety of grain feed 



Grain feeds 



Animal feeds 



Grit ■ • • • • 



Shell , 



Feeding of chicks and young stock 



While the primary object of this farm investigation was to gather 

 data with reference to actual poultry conditions, advantage was taken of 

 the opportunity to record certain interesting statistics which have been 

 summarized in the following table : 



Table No. i, Showing Acreage and Hen Population on 448 Ontario 



County Farms. 



