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POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



nouncement was made in 1908 (Bulletin 157) that "there 

 is no evidence of any increase in the average production 

 of the flock." The average production and the number of 

 fowls in the experiment are given herewith for the differ- 

 ent years : 



Number of fowls Actual average 



YEAR AND PEN completing production 



the year per Tien 



1899-1900 70 136.36 



1900-1901 85 14344 



1901-1902 48 15558 



1902-1903 147 13542 



1903-1904 254 117.90 



1904-1905 50 bird pens 283 134.07 



1905-1906 50 bird pens 178 140.14 



1906-1907 50 bird pens 187 113.24 



In a subsequent bulletin (Number 166, 1909) it was stat- 

 ed: " The aim so far has 

 been to set forth in as 

 clear and unequivocal 

 manner as possible the 

 definite fact that in the 

 S t a t i o n 's experience 

 thus far the daughter 

 of a 200-egg hen is on 

 the average an excep- 

 tionally poor winter 

 layer instead of an ex- 

 ceptionally good one." 

 In this case the mothers' 

 average winter produc- 

 tion, November 1 to 

 March 1, was 55.8 eggs, 

 and the daughters' 15.29 eggs per fowl. The results further 

 showed that the daughters of hens laying less than 200 



BARRED ROCK HEN A78 



Record 212 eggs. A good type of Plymouth 

 Rock. 



