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THE BEGINNER IN POULTRY 



well toward the top, and a Rhode Island Red pen from 

 America was eighteenth in a list of about TOO contestants. 

 In this competition, 4 pens rolled up market incomes 

 above $24 for each pen of 6 birds. This is $4 or more 

 for each hen from eggs alone. In two cases, the aver- 

 age income was $4.81. 



Pen of White Wyandottes, International Competition. Agricultural College, 

 Storrs, Connecticut 



The question as to most profit narrows chiefly to that 

 of which can be fed most cheaply. Going back to the 

 consideration of classes, we may say that we might ex- 

 pect it to be a general rule that the Mediterranean 

 classes would eat least, birds of the medium-sized 

 American type next, and the ten- and twelve-pound 

 Asiatics most. This is only common sense, and the 

 real question is . In what proportion does the feed con- 



