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and records kept of their individual productions for a year. The 

 purpose was to save those with yearly yields of one hundred and 

 sixty eggs and over, and those with yields of one hundred or 

 less, so as to see what variations there were in the individuals 

 comprised in the flocks. As the room was needed for other 

 birds on October 10th, 1899, some of the hens that had not suffi- 

 cient time remaining in which to reach a yield of one hundred 

 and sixty eggs in the year since commencing to lay, and that 

 had produced one hundred eggs within the year were taken out 

 of the test, consequently the average yield of all the hens for the 

 full year cannot be given. 



Of the two hundred and sixty hens put into the test, five died 

 during the year and nineteen were stolen. Of the two hundred 

 and thirty-six remaining, thirty-nine each laid one hundred and 

 sixty or more eggs and thirty-five laid less than one hundred 

 each. Twenty-four of the one hundred and twenty-six Plymouth 

 Rocks laid one hundred and sixty or more eggs each, and 

 twenty-two laid iess than one hundred each. Nine of the fifty- 

 six Wyandottes each laid more than one hundred and sixty eggs 

 and seven laid less than one hundred each. Six of the fifty- 

 four Light Brahmas each laid more than one hundred and sixty 

 eggs and six laid less than one hundred each. All birds were 

 put into the test November first at which time some of the 

 earliest ones had been laying for about two weeks. The year 

 commenced November first for all birds that laid during that 

 month. Some of the later hatched ones did not commence to 

 lay until January and February and they were given a full year 

 after they commenced. 



The monthly records of the hens that laid more than 160 or 

 less than 100 eggs in the first 12 months after they began laying 

 follow. 



