114 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



years. Remarkable are the records of hens, B42 which has 

 laid 834- in four years, arid of B14, 827 in four years. 

 If they continue in their present condition of health, all 

 these hens should next year reach and pass the 1,000-egg 

 mark. These are the highest authenticated four- and five- 

 year records known. 



Long Distance Laying. Some idea of the possible limit 

 of production is given in the following table, which records 

 the egg yield of 12 sisters at the Oregon Station for three 

 years : 



Hen No. First year Second year Third year Totaled 



B4 217 214 172 603 



B8 246 160 159 565 



B13 206 226 206 638 



B14 215 206 208 629 



B170 226 220 177 623 



B177 193 212 



B213 198 ' 224 230 652 



B222 188 199 231 618 



C425 235 199 



C543 291 150 



H81L 161 194 138 493 



H53N 168 196 173 537 



Average 211.1 200 188.23 593.3 



Dam's record: First year, 200 eggs; second year, 202. 

 These hens laid an average of 211.1 eggs in their first 

 year, 200 in their second year, and the remaining nine hens 

 in their third year averaged 188.23. The total average pro- 

 duction for the three years was 595.3 eggs each. The dam 

 of these pullets laid as many eggs the -second year as the 

 first, and it would appear that this characteristic in the 

 dam was transmitted to the daughters in a noticeable 

 degree. 



The high limit of production is further shown in the fol- 

 lowing compilation from the Oregon experiments. 



