6 



Eggs Laid and Food Consumed During January, February and 



March, 1905. 



House 



No. 1 — Movable f 

 windows \ 



No. 2— Cloth f 

 front \ 



No. 3— Warm... J 

 No. 4— Cold { 



Breed. 



Orpingtons 

 Wyandottes 



Orpingtons 

 Wyandottes 



Orpingtons 

 Wyandottes 



Orpingtons 

 Wyandottes 



Jan. 



79 

 36 



99 



38 



128 

 62 



136 

 123 



Feb. 



152 

 103 



108 

 26 



99 

 42 



185 

 120 



Mar. 



233 



216 



230 

 217 



236 

 40 



244 

 266 



Total 



464 

 355 



437 

 281 



463 

 144 



565 

 509 



Total 



eggs 

 for the 

 house. 



819 



"18 



Grain 

 consumed 



lbs. 

 391.75 

 340.5 



420.25 

 340. 



406.25 

 333. 



oo7{: 



N»{b2: 



Re- 

 fuse 

 Meat 



lbs. 

 71. 

 70.5 



71.5 

 68.75 



71.5 

 64. 



71.75 

 72. 



Notes on Experimental Houses. 



In the above table it will be noted that the hens laid a larger number 

 of eggs for the three months of 1906 than they did for the same period 

 of 1905. . 



During the period of 1905 the cold house, or No. 4, gave much 

 the best results, and for the months of January and February, of 1906, 

 it leads, but does not do as well in March, probably owing to more 

 hens being broody. 



The warm house, or No. 3, gave the poorest results in each year. 



The average temperature in 1905 was lower than in 1906. 



The average egg production was lower in 1905 than in 1906. 



The food consumed during the winter of 1905 was greater than 

 during the same season of 1906. 



The fowls in the houses during the season of 1905 were not as 

 good birds as those in the 1906 test, there being more old hens and 

 late hatched pullets, these may be the cause of less eggs in 1905, al- 

 though House No. 4 gave better results during the cold season. 



Great pains were taken to have the birds as nearly alike as pos- 

 sible in each pen, but each individual is different, and it is practically 

 impossible to have the birds exactly alike in every respect. 



From the figures, hens appear to eat more grain during a cold 

 season than during a warm season. There was a difference of 18 degrees 

 in temperature between the coldest temperature in House No. 4 and 

 House No. 3, their respective minimum temperatures being 7 below 

 zero and 1 1 above zero. 



