120 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



No. o 



First laying year (1912-13), Hen C521 303 



Second laying year (1912-13), Hen B42 250 



Third laying year (1913-14), Hen B222 231 



Fourth laying year (1913-14), Hen B14 198 



For two years (1912-14), Hen C521 512 



For three years (1912-15) , Hen C547 689 



For four years (1911-15), Hen B42 834 



For five years (1910-15), Hen A27 987 



Type in Layers. There are certain characteristics that 

 are present in the good layer and absent in the poor not 

 always, but on the average. 



Weight Correlated with Laying Capacity. It has been 

 found that within the breed or variety the heavier pro- 

 ducers on the average are those of lighter weight. Some- 

 times some of the heavy hens are heavy producers, but this 

 is not true of the average. At the Oregon Station a pen of 

 47 Plymouth Rock hens averaged 160.9 eggs. Separating 

 them according to weight into three groups the following 

 result was secured : 



A66 MOTHER OF LADY MACDUFF 



201 eggs first year. 



