HENS. 



147 



AVKRAGE NUMBER AND ESTIMATED NET PROFIT FROM HENS IN 

 FLOCKS OF 15, 20, 25, 80 BIRDS COMPARED. 



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ber of 

 pro- 

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 hen. 



ber of 

 pro- 

 d in 

 pen. 



e of 

 pro- 

 d in 

 pen at 

 tseach. 



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*15 



65.1 



976 



$19. .52 



ST. 50 



$12.02 



20 



60.4 



1,208 



24.16 



10.00 



14.16 



25 



51.4 



1,284 



25.64 



12. 50 



13.14 



30 



40.1 



1,20.3 



24.06 



15.00 



9.06 



* The April hatched hens in Pen 1 are not included in this table. 



From the above table it Avill be observed that pens containing 

 twenty birds did not give as much profit per bird as did pens of 

 fifteen birds, but the pens containing twenty birds gave a greater 

 total net profit per pen than did those containing any greater 

 or less number of birds. Pens with twenty-five birds gave 

 slightly greater net returns than did the fifteen bird pens. The 

 pens that had thirty birds each gave very much less net returns 

 than did any of the others. 



These tests show that when twenty birds were confined on 

 one hundred and sixty feet floor space, they yielded more profit 

 than did fifteen birds when kept in a similar room. This is a 

 matter of considerable consequence, for the cost of buildings, 

 for the proper housing of birds during the cold winters of our 

 climate is the greatest item of expense to which the poultrynian 

 is subjected. 



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