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DRESSED POULTRY AND EGGS. 



$1. First premium, to Daniel Appleton, Beverly, for one 



dozen Plymouth Rock eggs. 

 $1. First premium, to Win. B. Foster, Beverly, for one 



dozen Leghorn eggs. 

 $1. First premium, to T. W. Batchelder, Wenham, for 



one dozen Buff Cochin eggs. 

 $2. First premium, to George D. Walton, Peabody, for 



Dressed Pekin ducks. 

 $2. First premium, to T. W. Batchelder, Wenham, for 



Dressed Poultry. 

 18. First premium to C. A. Larcom, Beverly, for best 



year's account of 10 fowls. 



STATEMENT OF C. A. LARCOM. 



Breeding. — Cock, Light Brahma, hens White Leg- 

 horn (extra laying strain). * 

 Age.— Hatched in May, 1888. 



Average cost of keeping from Jan. 1, 1889 to Jan. l r 

 1890. 

 Oats, Oat feed, Corn, Meat Scraps, etc., $14 50 



production. 



1570 eggs, equals 130 5-6 dozen, at 20c.-45c, $34 35 



Income, $34 35 



Cost, 14 50 



$19 85 

 $19.85 profit from ten fowls in one year. (No account 

 of manure.) 



Method of feeding. — January, February, March and 

 April: — morning, hot mush of oat feed, vegetable parings, 

 chopped fine and other refuse from the table, seasoned 

 with pepper, ginger or mustard and meat scraps two or 

 three times a week ; night, all the whole grain they will 

 eat, chiefly oats, corn perhaps two times a week. May, 

 June, morning, mush either hot or cold ; night, whole 



