1883.] 



POULTRY RAISING. 



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of chickens, $45.75; total income, $115.07; total expense, $23.30; 

 profits, $91.77. 



Year ending March 31, 1876, eggs, 256| dozen, $52.54; fowls, 

 220, $80.72; income, $133.16; expense, $36.03; profit, $97.13. 



Year ending March 31, 1877, eggs laid, 3,842; sold, 246^ dozen 

 at 23 cts., $52.84; fowls sold, 239 at 45^8_ cts., $109.56; total in- 

 come, $162.40; total expense, $60.14; profit, $102.26; there were 

 58 hens at the beginning of the year. 



Year ending March 31, 1878, number of hens, 60; eggs laid, 

 4,377; sold, 317^ dozen, at 21 cts., $66.59; fowls sold, 171, at 42| 

 cts., $72.72; total income, $139.31; expense, $37.15; profit, 

 $102.16; the average number of hens, 35^; average eggs per hen, 

 121; net profit per hen, $2.90. 



Year ending March 31, 1879, 54 hens; eggs laid, 4,269; sold, 

 29 If dozen, at 23^ cts., $68.71; fowls sold, 294 at 44 cts., $129.02; 

 total income, $171.73; expense, $40.82; profit, $156.91. 



Year ending March 31, 1880, 65 hens, eggs, 5,257; sold, 393^ 

 dozen, at 22^ cts., $88.45; fowls sold, 177 at 46| cts., $82.75; 

 total income, $191.20; expense, $27.75; profit, $143.45. 



Year ending March 31, 1881, 64 hens; eggs laid, 5,566; sold, 

 423| dozen, at 24 cts, $101.68; fowls sold, 139 at 43f cts., $58.98; 

 income, $160.66; expense, $32.60; profit, $128.06; average num. 

 ber of hens, 48, 116 eggs each ; profit per hen, $2.66. 



METHOD OF KEEPING ACCOUNT OF SITTING HENS. 



Date. 



Memoranda. 



March 20, 



" 20, 



April 1,. 



May 8,. 



Too cold. 



Plymouth Rocks. 



7 eggs addled. 



White Leghorn. 



Old Fluff stole her nest. 



POULTRY ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1879. 



We will give now a summary of one year's work, showing the 

 method used to ascertain the profit. 



