TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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THE STUDY -Introduction 



Farms Selected- Type and Size 



THE FINANCIAL SIDE- Investment £ 



Depreciation Charlies * 



Receipts ' 



Expenses ( l 



Monthly Relationship of Receipts and Expenses •> 



Financial Returns 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT— Breeding Stock 13 



Management oi Layers and Breeders 



Brooding and Rearing 



LABOR- Division of Time ' 5 > J 'J 



Comparison of Labor on Laying Flocks 



Comparison of Labor in Rearing Pullets ' S 



Labor Efficiency " 



Hired Labor "° 



FEED CONSUMPTION OF LAYERS— Pullet Layers 21 



Old Hens JJ 



Weekly Feed Consumption per Dozen Eggs ~» 



MORTALITY AND CULLING— Mortality 24 



Cullin. 



Rate of Decrease in Population of Laying Flock 2b 



Per Cent of Housing Capacity for the Year 2 . 



F< ;<i PRODUCTION— Annual Egg Production 28 



Egg Production by Weeks 29 



Seasonal Production on Individual Farms 30 



EGG SIZE: — Egg Size Distribution by Agcbf Pullets 33 



Distribution of Eggs into tirades by Age of Pullets 34 



Effect of Dates of Hatch on Distribution of Eggs into Grades 35 



Difference in Egg Size Between Flocks 36 



THE PROBLEM OF DATE HATCH— Production Curves on Three Dates of 



Hatch 36 > :;r 



The Effect of Date of Hatch on Value of Total Yearly Product 39 



Evening Up Production ''■' 



Efficiency in Use of Equipment 4 " 



THE COST OF PRODUCING MARKET EGGS— Eggs a Joinl Product 40 



A Form u la 



Use of Formula in Out look Work 



Relal Lve < omparison of Cost of Producing Eggs 



\--<~r f \ COS! 4 «j 



Labor Cost 4I _> 



Depreciation of Stock 



Use of Buildings 



Old Hens for Market Eggs 47 



COST OF PRODUCING HATCHING EGGS Producing Hatching Eggs for 



Replacements 48, 49 



INCUBATION RECORDS AND COSTS -Cost of incubation 50 



Cost of Producing Day-Old Chicks :>1 



GROWING PULLETS Detail Records on Cost of Growing Pullets on L8 



Farms 52, 53 



I Be of Formula in Outlook Work ,! 



Detail Cost of Producing Pullets (Heavy Breeds) 55 



Detail Cos1 of Producing Leghorn Pullets 57 



Further Studies Needed :,; 



SUMM \I Y :,s 



