Four Methods of Feeding Early Hatched Pullets. 



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Table XX. Size and Weight of Eggs. (Deductions from Tables 1-12.) 



Weight of Eggs in Grammes. 



A comparison of eggs from the forced and retarded pens, shows little 

 difference in their weight except during the fourth period (October- 

 November), when the forced hens gave slightly larger eggs. This was, 

 however, due to one pen, the others being about equal. At the close of 

 the experiment the eggs from the forced pens were slightly larger. 



Influence of size of hen on weight of egg and prolificacy. 



Individual records make it plain that, as a rule, the larger hens laid 

 larger eggs. (Table 21.) In some cases, however, a small hen laid a 

 larger tgg than a hen of greater size. The hens compared in this respect 

 are in some cases the same as those compared in Tables 16 and 17, but 

 the combinations for the purpose of comparison are entirely different. 



