Four Methods of Feeding Early Hatched Pullets. 289 



Cost per dozen eggs. 



From the beginning of the experiment tmtil February, 1907, the cost 

 per dozen eggs was decidedly less in the forced pens. (Tables 1-12.) 

 After that time the cost was much less in both cases, and the difiference 

 between forced and retarded was small. P'ig. 120. For the whole year, 

 the average cost per dozen eggs was twenty per cent, less in the forced 

 than in the retarded pens. 



Relationship betzveen egg production and gain in zveigJit. 



It is generally believed that hens which lay earlier and produce 

 more eggs, will be smaller. Tables i to 12 and Figs. 118 and 119 show 



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The cost per dozen eggs with the retarded flocks, was decidedly higher during 

 the months of September, October, November and December, due to the relatively 

 smaller number of eggs which they produced. The food cost per dozen eggs, with 

 all flocks, was high because of the amount of food required to produce growth. 



that for the first two periods, the retarded hens were ahead in both pro- 

 duction and gain in weight. After that time, the forced hens made the 

 better record in both directions. Individual records of early and late 

 productions (Table i6) show that the sixteen earliest layers averaged 

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