FEED COST OF EGG PRODUCTION. 29 



Table 7a. — Feed cost per dozen eggs for 4-week periods, 1913-14. 



Period. 



Second laying year. 



Pen 1. Pen 2. Pen 3. Pen 4. Pen 5. Pen 6 



First laying year. 



Pen 7. Pen 8. Pen 



November. 

 December . 



1913. 



January . . 

 February. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December . . 



January . 



Cents. 

 102. 

 70.0 



55.0 



12.0 



14.0 



7.0 



7.5 



6.8 



9.0 



10.3 



11.1 



16.0 



41.8 



(246.0) 



(150.0) 



Cents. 

 22.9 

 44.4 



51.3 



33.7 



15.7 



7.8 



7.8 



10.0 



10.0 



9.8 



11.9 



16.2 



52.4 



(560.0) 



(290. 0) 



(360. 0) 



Cents. 

 35.0 

 38.1 



45.4 

 17.2 

 12.8 

 10.1 

 9.9 

 10.2 

 13.5 

 15.5 

 14.7 

 17.7 

 22.0 

 (10.2) 

 (175.0) 



(90.0) 



Cents. 

 (41.0) 

 (41. 1) 



(26. 3) 

 6.9 

 11.1 



5.5 



5.0 



4.5 



5.2 



6.4 



8.1 



12.3 



23.8 



645.0 



390.0 



Cents 

 (26. 7) 

 (29. 9) 



(19.1) 



15.8 



11.5 



8.5 



7.9 



8.8 



9.5 



10.6 



9.8 



11.2 



19.6 



27.6 



160.0 



200.0 



Cents. 

 (28.7) 

 (23. 8) 



(31.9) 

 21.0 

 13.8 

 11.4 



8.3 

 11.9 



9.3 

 14.2 

 12.6 

 20.4 

 30.7 

 55.5 

 210.0 



92.1 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



11.0 



10.4 



9.3 



6.6 



5.2 



5.4 



5.6 



10.8 



8.1 



18.1 



22.4 



30.2 



(29.8) 



(14.5) 



9.5 



8.0 



7.1 



4.6 



4.6 



4.0 



4.3 



5.0 



7.1 



12.0 



11.1 



14.7 



(33. 1) 



(16.5) 



28.6 



40.0 



10.4 



32.6 



5.4 



6.3 



6.3 



8.9 



9.4 



11.5 



14.5 



18.0 



22.8 



(38. 2) 



(57.0) 



14.4 



14.6 



16.0 



13.5 



8.7 



6.7 



11.7 



Figures in parentheses are. repetitions, put in for comparison; they are not included in the averages. 

 Forrepetition of month of May see note under Table 4. 



Table 7b. — Feed cost per dozen eggs for 4-week periods, 1914-15. 



Period. 



November. 

 December . 



January . . . 

 February- - 



March 



April 



May 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December. . 



January.. 

 February. 



1916. 



Average . 



Third laying year. 



Penl. 



Cents. 

 246.0 



150.0 

 53.6 

 14.0 

 11.2 

 10.8 

 12.8 

 14.0 

 14.0 

 19.2 

 25.0 



Pen 2. Pen 3. Pen 4. Pen 5. Pen 6. 



Cents. 

 560.0 

 290.0 



360.0 

 83.0 

 17.0 

 9.9 

 9.5 

 14.7 

 12.7 

 22.3 

 17.2 

 38.7 



730.0 



Cents. 

 40.2 

 175.0 



90.0 

 37.1 

 12.7 

 10.3 

 9.5 

 8.4 

 12.4 

 11.2 

 19.9 

 28.1 

 83.5 



19.5 



Cents. 

 (645. 0) 



(390. 0) 

 17.9 

 7.8 

 4.9 

 4.8 

 5.3 

 5.2 

 6.4 

 7.4 

 11.4 



133.0 



Cents. 



(27. 6) 



(160. 0) 



(200. 0) 

 22.4 

 12.7 



9.8 

 11.2 

 11.2 



9.9 

 14.6 

 17.0 

 21.9 

 32.4 

 45.7 

 910.0 



340.0 



Cents. 



(55. 5) 



(210.0) 



(92. 1) 

 22.9 

 14.5 

 11.9 

 10.0 

 9.8 

 13.3 

 18.6 

 20.9 

 27.5 



138.4 

 64.4 



256.0 



91.0 



20.0 



Second laying year. 



Pen 7. Pen 8. Pen 



Cents. 

 (30. 2) 

 29, " 



14.5 



11.4 



7.3 



6.1 



5.6 



6.3 



6.3 



7.0 



9.8 



11.1 



27.6 



247.0 



9.4 



Cents. 

 (14. 7) 

 33.1 



16.5 

 8.1 

 5.3 

 5.4 

 5.1 

 4.7 

 4.5 

 5.0 

 6.9 

 9.7 



92.3 

 190.0 



7.5 



Cents. 

 (22. 8) 

 38.2 



57.0 



19.0 



9.6 



10.0 



8.1 



8.8 



8.3 



13.8 



17.0 



23.3 



32.6 



92.3 



15.3 



