PEED COST OF EGG PRODUCTION". 



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and third years is clearly shown. The average value over feed cost 

 the first year from Pens 1 to 6 exceeded that of the second year by 

 $1.15 per hen, while the second-year average exceeded the third year 

 by 62 cents. The average decrease from the first to the second year 

 of the early-hatched general-purpose pens (Nos. 1 to 3) was $1.73, 

 compared with 58 cents in the late-hatched pens (Nos. 5 and 6). In 

 their third year the average decrease was 76 cents in the early-hatched 

 pens and 61 cents in the late-hatched pens. The total value of the 

 eggs for two years over cost of feed from Pen 4 (Leghorns) was $4.90, 

 against $4.34 in Pen 2, the highest of any of the general-purpose pens. 

 The total value over feed cost for three years was $6.84 for Pen 4 

 (Leghorns), against $4.45 for Pen 2. The value of the eggs over feed 

 cost during their third laying year is very much greater for Leghorns 

 than for general-purpose fowls, as shown in this table. The highest 

 average value over feed cost made by any pen during its pullet year 

 was $3.41 in Pen 8 (1914), also a Leghorn pen, which is 15 cents per 

 hen higher than the highest general-purpose pen (Pen 2). Present 

 prices of eggs and feeds should be carefully compared in considering 

 the following table. 



Table 9. — Average value of eggs per hen and per dozen. 





1912-13 



1913-14 



1914-15 



Fon. 



Annual 



value 



per 



hen. 



Annual 

 value 

 over 

 feed 

 cost. 



Aver- 

 age 

 value 

 ' per 

 dozen. 



Annual 

 value 

 per 

 hen. 



Annual 

 value 

 over 

 feed 

 cost. 



Aver- 

 age 



value 

 per 



dozen. 



Annual 



value 



per 



hen. 



Annual 

 value 

 over 

 feed 

 cost. 



Aver- 

 age 



value 

 per 



dozen. 



1 



84. 03 

 4.20 

 3.66 

 3.59 

 3.33 

 3.21 



$2.86 

 3.26 

 2.50 

 2.72 

 2.17 

 1.88 



Cents. 

 33.9 

 34.6 

 34.5 

 30.4 

 32.3 

 31.9 



$2.32 

 2.03 

 2.11 

 3.03 

 2.82 

 2.54 



$1.25 

 1.08 

 1.08 

 2.18 

 1.67 

 1.22 



Cents. 

 31.0 

 31.3 

 32.6 

 30.9 

 33.1 

 32.6 



$1.70 

 1.34 

 1.52 

 2.78 

 2.14 

 2.11 



$0.39 

 .11 

 .65 

 1.94 

 .95 

 .71 



Cents. 



2 



28.3 

 30.5 



3 



4 



5 



30.9 

 30.0 



6 







3.67 



2.56 



32.9 



2.47 

 3.33 

 4.29 

 2.43 



1.41 

 2.45 

 3.41 

 1.55 



31.9 

 32.9 

 32.7 

 32.5 



1.93 

 2.76 

 3.74 

 2.14 

 2.49 

 2.54 

 4.58 

 3.98 

 4.35 

 .87 

 1.67 



.79 

 1.92 

 2.81 

 1.07 

 1.39 

 1.53 

 3.14 

 2.96 

 3.03 

 !— .04 

 .63 





7 



30.9 



8 









9 











10 











11 















29 8 



12 















1? 















32 8 



14 















32 



15 















30 3 



16 















29 



















i The minus sign denotes a loss. 

 The averages for Pens 7 to 16 omitted; see note under Table 2. Note present prices of eggs and feed. 



Quotations of nearby eggs on the New York wholesale market were 

 used in calculating the market value of these eggs. The prices of a 

 dozen eggs used in this bulletin for each year (13 periods of 4 weeks 



