No. 4.] 



POULTRY CULTURE. 



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Table 1. — Comparative Cost of Feed (per 100 Pounds). 



Name of Feed. 



Amberst. 



Oshkosh. 



Warren. 



Whole corn, 



Wheat, 



Oats, 



Barley, 



Cracked corn, . 



Corn meal. 



Ground oats, . 



Bran, 



Flour middlings, 



Red Dog Flour, 



Gluten feed, 



Linseed meal, . 



Ground alfalfa, 



Beef scrap. 



$1 75 



2 20 

 1 95 

 1 77 

 1 75 

 1 75 

 1 95 

 1 40 

 1 75 

 1 95 

 1 70 

 1 85 



1 55 



2 75 



$26 07 



$1 60 

 2 08 

 1 65 

 1 77 

 1 90 



1 90 



2 00 

 1 35 

 1 65 

 1 65 

 1 50 



1 90 



2 00 



3 50 



$26 45 



$1 34 

 2 00 

 1 50 

 1 56 

 1 75 

 1 75 

 1 60 

 1 30 

 1 50 

 1 60 

 1 60 

 1 75 



1 75 



2 00 



$23 06 



What interested me most was the slight difference in the 

 cost of keeping a hen for a year in those sections and in Massa- 

 chusetts. Given below is the comparative cost of 100 pounds 

 of mash and 100 pounds of scratch feed in each place. Data 

 from experiment stations and other sources show that a good 

 laying hen eats on an average about 100 pounds of feed, grain 

 and mash, annually. 



Assuming that she consumes equal quantities by weight of 

 each, the cost of keeping a hen a year in each place is as 

 follows: — 



Table 2. — Comparative Cost of Keeping Hen One Year. 



Name of Feed. 



Amherst. 



Oshkosb. 



Warren. 



Mash (per 100 pounds.) 



Corn meal 



Ground oats 



Bran 



Flour middlings, 

 Gluten feed, .... 

 Linseed meal, .... 

 Meat scraps, .... 



Cost of 700 pounds, . 



Cost per 100 pounds. 



Grain. 

 Corn meal (200 pounds). 

 Wheat (100 pounds), 

 Oats (50 pounds), ... 



Cost of 350 pounds, . . ^ 



Cost per 100 pounds, 



Grain (50 pounds), . 

 Mash (50 pounds), . 



$1 75 

 1 95 

 1 40 

 1 75 

 1 70 



1 85 



2 75 



$13 15 

 $1 88 



$3 50 

 2 20 



$6 68 

 $1 90 



$0 95 

 94 



$1 89 



$1 75 



2 00 

 1 35 

 •1 65 

 1 50 

 1 90 



3 50 



$13 65 

 $1 95 



$3 80 



2 08 



83 



$6 71 



$1 91 



$0 9514 

 97^ 



$1 93 



$1 75 

 1 60 

 1 30 

 1 50 

 1 60 

 1 75 

 3 00 



$12 50 

 $1 79 



$3 50 



2 00 



78 



$6 28 

 $1 80 



$0 90 

 89 



$1 79 



