EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



509 



The number and weight of eggs by months is recorded in the next tabl \ 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May .. 



June 



Total for six months 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November . 



December 



Total for six months... .. 



Total for year 



W eight of one dozen eggs. 



Penl. 



327 

 29,5 

 390 

 123 



72 

 76 



1,081 



3,555 



42.9 

 36.8 

 22 9 

 14.2 

 8.1 

 8.9 



133 8 



451.8 

 1.525 



Pen 2. 



Xo. Weight. 



205 

 230 

 424 

 458 

 454 

 407 



2.178 



412 



318 



191 



92 



13 



21 



1,047 



3,225 



Lbs. 



23.2 

 25 4 

 51.0 

 54.5 

 53.2 

 47.6 



:.'5!.9 



50.8 



38 2 



21.1 



9.7 



1.3 



2.2 



12:i.3 



322.5 



1.20 



Pen 3. 



No. 



202 

 302 

 491 

 465 

 428 

 326 



2.214 



336 

 333 



240 



12() 



27 



90 



1,146 



3,360 



Weight. 



Lbs. 



25.5 

 37.2 

 62.9 

 58.4 

 510 

 41.0 



278.0 



41.5 

 42.2 

 29.9 

 13.6 

 2.7 

 11.3 



141.2 



419.2 

 1.496 



To aid in correctly interpreting these results a few facts are recorded 

 in the history of each pen. Pen 1: one hen died Feb. 16th and another 

 August 31. Two hens were sick April 15th but recovered by the close of 

 that month, they were troubled with sore eyes and stopped laying. On 

 April 23rd two hens were broody but began to lay again by the 8th of 

 May. The dates when other hens in this pen wanted to sit were as fol- 

 lows, two on May 31st; one, June 12th; two June 23rd; two June 27th; 

 two July 16th; one July 19th; six July 25th; one July 28th. 



In Pen 2: one hen died May 2nd. Fewer hens in this pen showed 

 inclination to sit than in the other. The dates when they showed this 

 disposition were as follows: one, May 10th; one, June 5th; one, June 

 12th; one, June 24th; two, June 27th; one, July 17th; one, July 26th; 

 two, August 22nd. After July 1st two hens died in this pen, one August 

 3rd, and the other August 22nd. 



Pen 3: In this pen the first hen died April 12th, and the second August 

 3rd. There was no evidence of a desire to sit by the hens in this pen 

 until April 11th, when three remained on the nest. On April 16th there 

 were two more; April 23rd, three others; May 14th, another; May 23rd, 

 another; May 31st, June 1st, each two; June 5th, three; June 7th, two; 

 June 24th, three; June 27th, two; July 16th, five; July 20th, three; July 

 25th, three; August 25th, two; September 5th, one; September 21st, two. 



The method of treating these hens that wanted to sit was to shut them 

 away from the nests for periods ranging from two to six days when the 

 incubating desire left them. 



As far as number of eggs laid in the year as a whole is concerned the 

 pen of Golden Wyandottes takes the lead with 3555 to its credit. The 

 Barred Plymouth Rocks come next with 3360 and the Brown Leghorns 

 last with 3225. The same relative position is retained when the weight 



