26 



BULLETIN 464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CHICKEN RAISING. 



[Survey form.] 



Date — February to May, 1916. 



Name of 

 farmer. 



Source of eggs. 



Date of setting. 



Method of 

 incubation. 



Total 

 hatched. 



Method of 

 brooding. 



Comment. 



C. Adams... 



f home, J 

 bought. 



Feb. 10 to Mar. 

 20. 



Two 200 egg 

 water incu- 

 bators; 5 hens. 



.',70 



Acme brooders 

 and hens. ■ 



Raises some 

 broilers. 













































PUPIL'S MONTHLY SUMMARY OF LAYING FLOCK. 



Total No. eggs for month, 



Eggs sold Prices. Total 



Eggs sold for setting at Total 



Eggs used at home Valued at 



Fowls sold 



Fowls eaten at home Valued at 



Total income for month 



Average number of hens 



Average eggs per hen > 



Average eggs per day 



Average income per hen 



Cost of purchased feed used in month . . . 



Value of home-grown feed used 



Estimate of kitchen scraps (not charged). 



Total value of feed for month 



Gross profit of income over feed 



Labor hours at Total. 



Other charges or losses, from daybook 



Total charges 



Net profit over all charges. . . . , 



Feed per hen, $ Total cost per heu 



Gross profit per hen, $ Net profit per hen. 



A SPECIMEN MONTHLY ACCOUNT.! 



Dk. 



Date. 



Item. 



Feed. 



Equip- 

 ment. 



Labor. 



Miscel- 

 laneous. 



Total. 



1910. 

 Apr. 1 

 5 





$3. 00 

 3.00 

 3.25 









$3.00 











3.00 



5 











3.25 



8 







$2.00 





2.00 



8 









$4.00 



4.00 



10 







$8.00 





8.00 



10 







.72 

 5.75 



.72 



19 











5.75 



20 





.80 

 3.75 







.80 



25 











3.75 





Total 













13.80 



8.00 



2.00 



10.47 



34.27 









1 From Bureau of Animal Industry Circ. 176, A System of Poultry Accounting, p. 4 



