Four Methods of Feeding Early Hatched Pullets. 



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Influence of prolificacy on iveigJii of eggs. 



As a rule, the most prolific hens gave eggs of medium size, though 

 some heavy layers produced very large eggs. The average weight of 

 eggs from the sixteen best layers from all four pens was only three per 

 cent, less than the average weight of those from the sixteen poorest 

 layers. (Table 17.) 



Weight of 



eggs in 

 Grammes 



Wet Mash 

 and Grain 

 Pen I i 



Dry Mash 



and Grain 



Pen 2 



Hand-fed 

 Grain 

 Pen 3 



Hopper-fed 

 Grain 

 Pen 4 



J/) js^'/9 ^:rd7j ss &o 



EB 



Hens Laying Early- 

 Hens Laying Late. . 



Fig. 12 2. — Forcing and Retarding Pullets. Individual record showing weight of eggs 

 in grammes. A comparison of early and late egg production. 



It will be noted that in all four hens the eggs from the hens whieh began later 

 in the season to lay were from two to four grainmes heavier than from the hens 

 of the same age which began earlier to lay. 



Influence of early egg production on zveight of eggs. 



Sixteen of the earliest layers and sixteen of the latest to commence 

 laying were selected for the purpose of comparison. A graphic repre- 

 sentation of the weight of eggs from these individuals shows slight 

 though constant difference in favor of the latest layers. Fig. 122. 



