56 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doe. 



Station, the cost of feed to produce a dozen of eggs with 

 fonr varieties of fowls is as follows: — 



Cents. 



Plymouth Rock, 7.02 



S. L. Wyandotte, 6.85 



S. C. W. Leghorn, . 6.51 



But¥ Orpington, 6.90 



Averag'e, 6.82 



In computing the cost of feed to produce a dozen of eggs, 

 the corn was reckoned at 50 cents per bushel, wheat at 80 

 cents, shorts at $1.10 per hundredweight, bran at $1, linseed 

 meal at $2. GO, blood meal at $5.50, and beef scrap at $3 per 

 hundredweight. These figures were obtained from four 

 small flocks of fowls, aggregating 31 birds. 



A comparison of the record for the year 1907 of mj own 

 flock of 27 White Wyandottes shows that, while we can 

 hardly expect to produce as cheaply in Massachusetts as 

 they do at the Arkansas Experiment Station, we can never- 

 theless get a sufficient profit to make the undertaking, under 

 our conditions, a paying one. 



The total number of eggs produced by the 27 Wyandottes 

 was 286^3 dozen. The total receipts from the flock amounted 

 to $85.45 ; cost of feed, $50.22 ; net profit from eggs, $25.23; 

 per cent of profit, 50. 



Leaving out of the account the item of labor and poultry, 

 I find that it cost for feed alone, all of which was purchased, 

 18 cents to produce a dozen of eggs, with a flock in which 

 the average egg jiroduct amounted to 127^ eggs per hen. 

 The selling price averaged for the year 30 cents per dozen, 

 giving a profit of 66% per cent to cover items of labor, etc. 

 It is doubtful if one can, with a flock of 500 to 1,000 birds, 

 derive as large a per cent of profit. 



The total net profit derived from poultry and eggs from 

 the flock of 27 birds amounted to $35.23. A large part of 

 the fowls were sold for the family table, at 50 cents each. 

 None were sold for more than $1.50 each. The cost of feed 

 for egg production for each bird amounted to $1.86 per 

 vear. 



