202 



The following table shows the egg production by months 

 for the different lots of fowls : 



Pen 1 Pen 2 Pen 3 Pen 4 Pen 9 

 1905 



Dec. 8 71 46 80 118 



1906 (Jan. 17) 



Jan 61 138 37 140 69 



Feb ...152 199 139 149 232 



Mar 288 398 357 390 406 



Apr 258 357 300 334 332 



May 202 295 300 300 323 



June 205 299 286 287 299 



July 169 278 238 253 323 



Aug 141 227 220 195 241 



Sept 36 99 86 57 172 



Oct .14 23 20 21 52 



Nov 24 32 13 68 



Dec 7 16 24 21 27 



1907 



Jan. 17 ... ... ... 19 



Total 1628 2407 21'00 2333 2495 



The egg production was not especially heavy with any of 

 the pens of fowls. The best record was made by pen 9, which 

 was hopper fed with mash and beef scrap, and with whole grain 

 once per day scattered in deep litter. Next in order stands pen 

 2, which had access to corn in a hopper for a short time in the 

 morning and evening. Materially behind all of the other pens, 

 and with a remarkably low egg record, is pen 1, which received 

 corn, beef scrap and wheat bran ad libitum. 



The following table shows the average food cost of the eggs 

 per dozen and the cost of food per hen per year. 



Cost of eggs. Cost of food per hen per year. 

 Pen 1 10 cts. per doz. 68 cts. 



Pen 2 8.5 cts. per doz. 85 cts. 



Pen 3 11.9 cts. per doz. 104 cts. 



Pen 4 9.9 cts. per doz. 96 cts. 



Pen 9 9.5 cts. per doz. 99 cts. 



