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Percent ^ 1 4 "? ^0 " , '0 ^fO 60 ^ ^ ( j O A W 



Efig Production 



Fertility 



Hatchability 



Gain in Weight 



Mortality 



Per cent to Total 



Food of 

 (a) Whole Grain 

 (b) Mash 



(c) Meat 



Forced- 



-Pens I and 2. 



Retarded Pens 3 and 4- 



Fig. 125. — Forcing vs. Retarding Pullets. A chart of percentages. 



Notice that the forced pens led in percentage egg production, percentage hatch- 

 ability and gain in weight. 



Profit per hen. 



The profit per hen in the forced pens was $1.39 against $0.97 in 

 the retarded pens, a relative gain of forced above retarded of 38.3 per 

 cent. (Table 25.) This was due partly to the greater tgg production 

 in the forced pens, particularly when eggs were high in price, and also to 

 the less cost per dozen eggs. The value of gain in weight was an impor- 

 tant factor, it being 14 per cent, greater in the forced than in the retarded 

 pens. (See financial statement.) A graphic representation of percent- 

 ages is given in Fig. 125. 



