32 BULLETIN 561, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 8c. — Feed per dozen eggs for 4-week periods, 1914-15 — Continued. 





Period. 



First laying year. 





Pen 10. 



Pen. 11. 



Pen 12. 



Pen 13. 



Pen 14. 



Pen 15. 



Pen 16. 





1914. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 

 28.1 

 10.4 



7.5 

 5.1 

 6.1 

 5.5 

 4.9 

 5.2 

 4.7 

 5.5 

 6.7 

 6.9 

 12.4 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 





105.7 



47.3 



13.2 



10.4 



7.1 



5.3 



4.5 



5.1 



5.9 



4.8 



7.3 



12.7 



53.3 













1915. 



8.3 

 4.8 

 4.4 

 3.8 

 4.1 

 4.5 

 4.3 

 4.7 

 5.5 

 5.9 

 7.4 

 27.0 

 18.6 



7.0 

 4.6 

 4.5 

 4.6 

 4.6 

 4.7 

 5.4 

 5.7 

 6.9 

 7.4 

 10.5 

 34.2 

 37.9 









15.1 



6.8 

 5.5 

 4.7 

 5.8 

 6.8 

 6.0 

 7.5 

 8.6 

 9.0 









20.7 

 9.7 

 6.2 

 10.5 

 12.9 

 92.1 

 62.6 

 51.9 



12.4 





7.1 





4.5 





4.8 





6.8 



July 



10.3 





11.8 





18.1 





44.6 





163.6 

 24.0 



57.8 

 23.4 





December 









159.0 





1916. 









30.2 













25.1 















Avera 



9.0 



7.9 



6.3 



5.6 



6.2 



21.4 



12.0 







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

 For repetition of month of May, see note under Table 4. 



VALUE OF THE EGGS FROM EACH PEN. 



The average value of the eggs per hen, the value over feed cost, 

 and the average yearly value of eggs per dozen for each pen is shown 





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Fig. 5.— Average yearly value of eggs per hen over feed cost. 



in Table 9, and some interesting comparisons of breeds and feeds are 

 seen in figure 5. The material difference between the excess of egg 

 value over feed cost of hens in the first year and that in the second 



