PRODUCT IN EGGS. 81 



the same fowls the previous year, but not 

 so well provided for, yielded only 1000 eggs. 

 Cultivator, 1841, p. 69. 



No. 3. Another, of 83 hens, gave in one 

 year 7200 eggs. The expenses were $56 

 43, the receipts $123 33, leaving a balance 

 of $66 90. 16., 1840. 



No. 4. One who writes more in detail, 

 states, that when his fowls commenced lay- 

 ing, he had 37 hens and 3 cocks, and when 

 they ceased laying, he had 26, the average 

 being 32. In about 300 days, between 

 January and November, they yielded 3,298 

 eggs. He raised no chickens. Ib., 1843, 

 p. 22. 



No. 5. Eight hens at Chelsea, Mass., 

 yielded between July and August, in 49 

 days, 293 eggs. 16., 1840, p. 164. 



No. 6. The most remarkable case of fe- 

 cundity is that furnished by Mr. Mount, in 

 the same journal. He had three pullets of 

 the Poland or top-knot breed, which had 

 been hatched in June. They began to lay 

 December 15 of the same year, and from 

 that time to December following, laid 524 

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