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ESSEX SOCIETY 



March last, commenced laying, at the average age of four 

 months and five days, and have laid 72 eggs. 



Septerabei 1st, 1850. my stock consisted of one crower, 

 seven hens, and thirty-one chickens, from three to five mouths 

 old. September 1st. iS51. of one crower. ten hens, and twen- 

 ty-nine chickens, from two and a half to five and a half months 

 old. 



Number of eggs laid 

 in each month. 



94 esss. 

 TO ■■ 

 33 -^ 

 60 •' 

 126 • 

 16S '• 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Auff. 



173 

 22>5 

 198 



161 

 ISO 

 175 



7S doz. 



S15 60 



3 hens and 19 chickens sold for SS 02. 



-1661 e22s — or. 13Si doz. 



Number of chickens raised 



Average number of hens 



Average number of eggs laid by each hen 



Average price of eggs j^r doz. sold 



Those not sold are valued at 



Expense of keeping one year, from September 1st. 1S50. to 

 September 1st, 1S51 : 



To 13 bushels of corn . «s9 50 



3S 



9 

 1S4 



20 cents. 

 16 cents per doz^ 



Eggs sold 



$15 60 



