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hatched in 1917 and 1918. Records for the flock hatched in 1919 were cut short by- 

 disease outbreaks. It was found necessary to dispose of most of the stock and 

 exercise rigid quarantine measures. Tiiis prevented the completion of any annual 

 records during 1920. 



Referring again to Chart I, the mode of tlie flock will be observed to have ad- 

 vanced in 1920 to the 200 to 249 egg class, with a skewness indicating that the 

 mode of the flock Hes considerably above the average. In other words, a bimodai 

 condition begins to present itself. 



CHART II. 



General Classification of Bikds on the Basis of Pkoddction. 



HIGH 

 3.91/. 



MEDIUM 

 68.33'^ 



LOW 

 27.76?« 



HIGH 

 50.72 fo 



MEDIUM 

 47.61^0 



LOW 

 1.67^0 



BIRDS HATCHED 

 1912-1916 



BIRDS HATCHED 

 1917 -1918 



BIRDS HATCHED 

 1920-1921 



The results of the season ending in 1922 indicate that tlie general distribution 

 of the 1921 flock conforms closely with that of 1920. The graph for 1921 also 

 shows a bimodai condition of the flock, lying in the 150 to 199 class and in the 200 

 to 249 class. 



Chart II is presented as supplementary to Chart I. Chart I shows that the most 

 common group of producers falls in the 100 to 149 egg class in the years 1912 to 



