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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following table gives money yields, direct costs, and net returns 

 of poultry on thirty-nine farms in Lenawee, Jackson, and Shiawassee 

 counties for the twelve months ending on March 31, 1922. The total 

 number of hens were 4595 averaging 118 to the farm, and 1922 chickens 

 "^ere raised or 116 to the farm. 



ENTERPRISE RECORD ON POULTRY. 

 DIRECT COSTS. 



Items. 



Corn 



Oats 



Wheat 



Barley 



Miscellaneous feeds 



Silage 



Skim milk 



Poultry, net decrease. . . . 

 Equipment, net decrease. 



Special labor 



Miscellaneous 



Total direct costs. 



Total. 



Amount. 



100,145 lbs. 

 41,176 lbs. 

 41,506 lbs. 

 13,792 lbs. 

 31,798 lbs. 

 5,896 lbs. 

 44,130 lbs. 



Cost. 



8968 34 



409 35 



466 27 



176 01 



464 45 



11 29 



117 12 



432 93 



48 00 



77 30 



80 34 



$3,251 40 



Average per farm. 



Amcunt. 



2,568 lbs. 

 1,0.56 lbs. 

 1,064 lbs. 



354 lbs. 



815 lbs. 



151 lbs. 

 1,132 Ibi. 



Cost. 



$24 83 



10 50 



11 96 

 4 51 



11 91 

 29 



3 



11 



1 



00 

 10 

 23 



1 98 



2 06 



$83 37 



MONEY YIELDS. 



One of the striking facts of poultry management brought out by the 

 study of these flocks" was the effect of protein feeds upon both egg pro- 

 duction and net returns per hen. 



The average production per hen on eleven farms feeding either tankage 

 or skimmed milk was 9G.S eggs per year. On the other hand, the average 

 egg production per hen on the tweiity-five farms not feeding either tank- 

 age or milk was onlv 54.8 eggs per year. The net return per hen in the 

 first case was |2.59 and in the secgnd .1?1.28, or an added expenditure of 

 twenty cents per bird for the animal protein increased the annual profits 

 50 per hen, or a little more than doubled it. 



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