278 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



The increasing growth and profit of this industry will be 

 solved upon the strict observation of some of the following facts : 



1. Among hens as among cows there are the "star boarders." 



2. In nearly every flock there are good and poor layers. 



3. On an average it takes a cash value of 100 eggs to support a hen 

 a year. 



4. It must be determined which hens are laying unprofitable eggs. 



5. Kill the drones and profit-killers and keep the profit-makers. 



The money making values in poultry are 



1. Quick maturity. 



2. Prolific yield. 



3. Attractive appearance. 



A Great Economic Fact. 



It must be a fact of tremendous significance to the student 

 of agriculture when he discovers that a hen laying over 200 eggs 

 per year at the present average price of eggs (24c per dozen) is 

 yielding a greater profit than the average cow in the United 

 States. 



Poultry running at large on the farm will produce eggs at far 

 greater profit than when they are kept where they must be fed 

 regular rations at the present high cost of feed. 



A small flock of hens on the farm will pay although they 

 receive little care, but with proper care and management they 

 can be made to yield the farmer a much greater income. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. Assuming that the population of New York City is now 5,000,000, 

 how many dozen eggs would be required, so that each person could be 

 supplied with two eggs for one meal? 



2. In 1909, there were received in New York City, 4,256,320 cases of 

 eggs, each case holding 30 dozens; what was the total number of eggs 

 received? 



3. If these eggs cost $25,000,000 on the farm, and the consumers 

 paid on an average 50 per cent more than that amount, what did they 

 cost the consumers? 



4. The average farm price of eggs in 1899 was 11.15 cents per 

 dozen ; in 1909 it was 19.7 cents ; what was the gain per cent in the market 

 price on the farm from 1899 to 1909? 



5. If a flock of hens kept in an intelligent manner, will produce on 

 an average 120 eggs per year, per hen and if the market price is on an 



