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One of the Game-Cochin capons died September 24th, weighing at that 

 time 3.5 pounds. Two of the Barred Plymouth Rocks died September 

 29th, weighing 5.5 pounds. One P. Cochin died December 12th, weighing 

 8.5 pounds and another of the same breed December 28th, weighing 

 7 pounds and three ounces. A C. I. Game-P. Cochin died December 25th, 

 weighing 7.5 pounds. There was left in the pen January 1, therefore, 

 forty-four capons. A Barred Plymouth Rock was sold January 18th, 

 weight 9 pounds, at seven cents per pound. Two grades were sold one 

 February 7, and the other February 14, at the same price per pound, they 

 weighed together 10 pounds. 



The remaining forty-one birds were sold March 1st, when they weighed 

 as follows: 



4 Partridge Cochins 



2 Buff Cochins 



5 White Plymouth Rocks 



3 Barred Plymouth Rocks 



2 Cornish Indian Games 



2 Dark Brahmas 



5 Golden Wyandottes 



1 Silver Penciled Hamburg 



2 Black Langshans 



1 Single Comb B. Leghorn 



6 Cross C. I. Game— P. Cochin . 



4 Cross C. I. Game— W T . P. Rocke 

 4 Grades 



Total 

 weight 

 Mar. 1. 



34.4 

 19.0 

 38.2 

 19.7 

 17.4 

 19.3 

 39.9 



4.2 

 22.1 



5.1 

 51.3 

 43.3 

 22.1 



336.0 



The feed consumed and the values are given next: 



743 pounds corn at 70c $5 20 



236 " table scraps at 2c 4 72 



120 " wheat at 65c per bushel 130 



74 " branat70c 52 



80 " oats at 20c per bushel 50 



$12.24 



On September 1st, the capons were worth at the market price eight 

 cents per pound, the 127.5 pounds could have been sold, therefore, for 

 $10.20. Adding the cost of the feed, $12.24, the total cost of the capons 

 excluding labor was $22.44. Adding the amounts received for the fowls 

 sold January and February to the 336 pounds sold March 1st at eight 

 cents per pound we have the total receipts $27.66, which exceeds the 

 cost of the chickens with the cost of the feed by $5.22. This is true when 

 the value per pound of the capons in the spring is the same as the 

 market price of the chickens in the fall. As a matter of fact the price of 

 capons per pound in the early spring or late winter is almost universally 

 two or three cents higher than chickens bring in the fall. 



A study of the gains made by the different breeds in the table just 

 given will bring out some indications as to which breed may be adapted 

 to this purpose. 



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