FARM POULTRY FLOCK SURVEYS IN INDIANA 



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Farm Poultry Flock Survey. 

 New Jersey, 1915-16. 



Number birds per farm 



Eggs laid per bird 



Cost of feed per flock 



Receipts per flock 



Returns above feed 



Cost of feed and labor 



Net returns 



Profit per bird, not including interest. 

 Labor income per bird 



99.2 



124.6 



$145.15 



$376.19 



$212.10 



$224.99 



$145.90 



$1.47 



$1.38 



The increased labor income on farm flocks, although slight, 

 is nevertheless an important consideration. It is probably due to 

 the fact that the birds consumed much feed around the farm which 

 did not require a direct outlay of money, and they also succeeded 

 in laying a slightly higher average production than the intensive 

 flocks pre\'iously reported upon from New Jersey. These farm 

 flocks were given the best of care and attention, and did not rep- 

 resent the average neglected farm unit. 



Farm Poultry Flock Surveys in Indiana. — A series of valuable 

 farm flock surveys were made in Indiana during the year 1915-16 

 by A. G. Philips and LeRoy Jones. The following table gives in 

 condensed form the general results of this study. It is interesting 

 in that it shows that in spite of a relatively small egg production, 

 due to cheap feed and extensive range, the birds still pay a labor 

 income equal to eastern flocks kept under better conditions of en- 

 vironment, and fed with much more care. 



Farm Foultry Flock Survey. 

 Indiana, 1915-16. 



Size of farms 



Number of hens per farm 



Number of eggs laid per hen . . . 

 Average selling price per dozen 



Inventory 



Ibtal income 



Total expense 



Labor income 



Labor income per bird 



152.4 acres 

 143.4 hens. 

 97.7 eggs. 

 26.6 cents. 

 $303.26 

 $472.21 

 $246.43 

 $225.78 

 $1.57 



The above represents a survey of only fifteen farms, S3 that it 

 may not be representative of the great mass of Indiana farm flocks, 

 yet it certainly sheds interesting light on the success of same. 

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