290 MAINE AGRICULTURvy; EXPERIMENT STATION. IQI2. 



TABLE I 



Frequency distribution of zvinter egg production of the Barred Plymouth 

 Rock and Cornish Indian Game breeds 



Eggs Laid in 



Baehed Plymouth Rocks Laying 

 THE Specified Number of Eggs. 



Cornish Indian Games Laying the 

 Specified Number op Eggs. 



Winter Pe- 



BIOD 



Absolute number 



Per cent, of flock 



Absolute number 



Per cent, of flock 



0-5 



43 



14.4 



32 



48.5 



6-11 



22 



7.4 



8 



12.1 



12-17 



28 



9.4 



9 



13.6 



18-23 



19 



6.3 



6 



9.1 



24-29 



25 



8.4 



7 



10.6 



30-35 



26 



8.7 



1 



1.5 



36-41 



19 



6.4 



3 



4.5 



42-47 



27 



9.0 







48-53 



16 



5.4 







54-59 



21 



7.0 







60-65 



14 



4.7 







66-71 



10 



3.3 







72-77 



9 



3.0 







78-83 



3 



1.0 







84-89 



3 



1.0 







90-95 













96-101 



8 



2.6 







102-107 









/ 





108-113 



4 



1.3 







114-119 



2 



0.7 







Total. . . 



299 



100.0 



66 



99.9 



From tables i and 2 it will be noted that: 



1. The mean winter production of the Cornish Indian 

 Games is less than one-third that of the general flock of Barred 

 Plymouth Rocks, under uniform environmental conditions. 



2. The winter production of the Games is considerably less 

 than a fourth of that of the high producing lines of the Barred 

 Rocks. 



3. The variabilities in both cases are high, but relatively not 

 significantly different. It is of interest to note that the observ- 

 ed coefficients of variation for winter production here given are 

 of the same order of magnitude as the mean coefficients for the 

 laying of the four winter months, November, December, Janu- 



