181)0.] 



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Average Weight of Fowls (Pounds). 



Dates. 



Penl 



Pen 2. 



May 

 June 



J uly 



14, beginning, 



11,. 



16, . 



August 11, . 

 September 1, end, 



Influence of Cock on Egg-production. 



Cock 

 with Hens. 



No Cock 

 with Hens. 



lien days, including cock, 



Hen days, without cock, 



Gross cost of food, 



Cost per hen day 



Total number of eggs, 



Co6t per egg, 



Eggs per hen day 



Total weight of eggs (pounds) 



Average weight of eggs (ounces), 



Dry matter consumed per hen day (pounds), 



Dry matter consumed per egg (pounds), . 



Nutritive ratio 



Sitters, 



1,904 

 1,792 

 $5 53 

 $0 0029 



631 

 $0 0088 

 .35+ 

 77.3 

 1.96 

 .19 

 .58— 

 1:4.7— 

 41 



1,792 

 $5 49 

 $0 0031 



630 

 $0 0087 

 .36— 

 76.79 

 1.95 

 .20 

 .57+ 

 1:4.7 

 45 



Test No. 2. Influence of (he Cock on Egg-production. — 

 During the preliminary period the fowls in pen 5 laid 90 



eggs, three offering to sit ; those in pen 6 laid 107 eggs, five 

 offering to sit. The cock was placed in pen 6. One hen 

 in pen t> was lame from July G to the end of the test ; one 

 in pen 5 was injured in the back on July 22, and died 



Augu-t 4. 



This test closed Ausrust 25, 



