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order. The Black Hamburgs and the Rose-Comb Brown 

 Leghorns that produced the two highest average egg 

 records produced the lightest-weight eggs, and though 

 the results obtained are not all exactly in accordance 

 with this statement, a careful inspection of the table 

 will show that on an average hens with high egg records 

 produced light-weight eggs, and that the hens with 

 the lowest egg records produced somewhat heavier eggs. 

 Since little attention is paid in the market to the weight 

 of eggs, it is obvious that the best egg producers are the 

 most profitable. 



Relation of Egg Production to Season. In spite of the 

 many assertions that hens lay more prolifically at one 

 time of the year than at another, an inspection of the 

 egg records of a large number of fowls fails to show 

 any uniformity in regard to this point, but rather tends 

 to indicate that egg production is more a matter of 

 individuality than of season. The egg records given in 

 the accompanying table have been taken from laying 

 hens in America, England, and Australia. The records 

 of some exceptionally high egg producers have been 

 selected and also the average production of a large 

 number of fowls where it was possible to obtain authen- 

 tic records of this character. It will be noted that 

 the individual fowls that make high egg records lay 

 consistently throughout almost every month in the 

 year, and that the only time when they fall off in egg 

 production is during the molting period or when they 

 are broody. 



The single hens that do not make such high egg 

 records usually lay very well for certain months in 

 the year, but are unable to stand the strain of heavy 

 egg laying and fail, sometimes almost completely, 

 in other months. 



When the average egg production of a large number 

 of fowls is taken, it will be seen that there is a cer- 

 tain similarity between their rates of monthly pro- 

 duction, but if the record of the 80 White Leghorn 

 hens in America is compared with that of the 28 



