69 



D. D. Adams, Newbury, 1 coop Polands, 75 cts. 



•jr, S. Chase, 1 coop White, $1 



Respectfully submitted, 



SUMNER SOUTHWICK, Chairman. 



STATEMENT OF CHARLES NELSON. 



To the Committee on Poultry : — 



I present for your inspection a lot of fowls of mixed breed, 

 I have kept an account of the eggs sold from 22 hens from the 

 1st of January to the present time, which is 177^ dozen — aver- 

 age price, 16 cents per doz. 



I77| doz. Eggs at 16c. $28 40 



34 Chickens sold for 16 05 



1 Turkey sold for 2 00 



5 Turkeys I kept with the Hens, from which I 



have raised 28 Turkeys, worth 50c. apiece, 14 00 

 24 Chickens on hand, 6 GO 



$65 45 



Expense of keeping 22 Hens and 5 Turkeys 



for 10 months, $25 50 



Interest, 65 



$26 15 



The amount of Eggs and Poultry sold and on 



hand, not including the old stock, $66 45 



Deduct expense of keeping, 26 15 



Net profit, $39 30 



