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FACTS A POULTRY KEEPER SHOULD KNOW 



ONE dozen eggs for market should weigh twenty-four 

 ounces. 



A standard crate of eggs holds thirty dozen. 



A standard crate of eggs should weigh fifty-one pounds. 



A good hen should lay at least ten dozen eggs a year. 



An average hen will consume in a year one hundred pounds 

 of feed. 



It will cost approximately one dollar and fifty cents to 

 feed the average hen for one year. This is when all feed is 

 purchased. 



One dollar to one dollar and a half profit should be ex- 

 pected per bird per year. This amount is above feed, labor, 

 interest and all expenses. 



It will cost approximately twelve cents for feed to pro- 

 duce an average dozen eggs. This varies much with season. 



It will cost approximately twenty to twenty-five cents 

 to produce a broiler to one and a half pounds in weight. 



It will cost approximately forty cents to feed a pullet 

 from hatching time to maturity. 



It will cost approximately sixty to seventy-five cents to 

 rear a pullet to laying age. 



One hundred laying hens will consume about fifteen pounds 

 of scratch grains a day. 



One hundred laying hens will consume about five to eight 

 pounds of mash per day. 



Four to five square feet of floor space should be allowed 

 each laying hen in the poultry house. 



It will cost from one dollar to one dollar and twenty cents 

 to house each laying hen. 



One nest should be allowed for every four laying hens. 



Ten inches of perch room should be allowed the average bird. 



When building grain bins one and one-quarter cubic feet 

 will hold one bushel of grain. Two and one-quarter cubic 

 feet will hold one bushel of corn on the cob. 



