44 MAINE) AGRICUIvTURAIv EXPE;riME;nT STATION. I909. 



individual egg records. The total number of eggs laid by a bird 

 in a year gives an inadequate and incomplete idea of her egg 

 producing ability. Birds which make the same yearly total 

 records are by no means always equivalent as egg producers. 

 This fact can be easily shown by examples taken from the 

 Station's individual trap nest records. Some such illustrative 

 examples are shown in Table I. In this table are given the 

 monthly egg records of four individual birds, each of which was 

 an unusually high producer. In addition to the egg records 

 there are given also (i) the price of a single egg in each month 

 of the year based as before on the 1907 New York market 

 quotations taken from the Crop Reporter, and (2) the total 

 worth of the eggs laid by each hen in each month calculated on 

 the basis of these prices. 



tabi^e; I. 



Table Shozving the Distribution of Bgg Production and the 

 Worth of the Bggs Laid by Four High Producing Hens. 

















OS 







10 









M 







M 









bH - 









bC 







S" 



^ 



CO 



bC 



J3 





M 



bj) 



A 



LO 



bH 



ji 



t~ 







Tt< 





















6 





_ bJO 



1 6 



a 



h 



1 



J3 



1 







 ^4 



1 



wiz; 



a 



h 



■^T' 



S 



d bB- 



■^-p 







d bO 



a 



■>>■? 







$^ 



■>r? 







o3 M 





























4-IW 



FU- 



Ho 



H-IPQ 



Pi 



Ho 



S 



H^m 



^ 



Ho 



H-im 



Ph 



Ho 







4ic 











4ic 







November . . 



15 



4ic 



.625 







4i 











4ic 







21 



4ic 



.875 



December. . 



19 



4ic 



.76 



19 



4^ 



.76 



15 



3c 



.45 



22 



3c 



.66 



January. . . . 



13 



3c 



.39 



19 



3c 



.57 



18 



2Sc 



.48 



21 



2fc 



.56 



February . . . 



16 



2ac 



.43 



20 



2§ 



.53 



25 



2ic 



.63 



20 



2i:c 



.50 



March 



20 



2|c 



• .50 



2 



2i 



.05 



25 



Ifc 



.44 



21 



Ifc 



.37 



April 



26 



Ifc 



.455 



19 



If 



.33 



31 



Ifc 



.54 



15 



Ifc 



.26 



May 



14 



Ifc 



.245 



22 



If 



.385 



28 



Ifc 



.47 



21 



Ifc 



.35 



June 



18 



Ifc. 



■ .30 



28 



If 



.47 



24 



2ic 



.52 



7 



2ic 



.15 



July 



15 



2ic 



.325 



27 



2i- 



.585 



8 



2ic 



.20 



11 



2Jc 



.275 



August 



14 



2ic 



.35 



23 



2i 



.575 



19 



2|c 



.51 



8 



2fc 



.21 



September. . 



15 



2ic 



.40 



13 



2f 



.35 







3fc 







17 



3fc 



.64 



October. . . . 



18 



3fc 



.675 



12 



3f 



.45 



193 





S4.24 



184 





S4.85 





203 





$5,455 



204 





$5,055 



Let us consider first the two hens whose records are given in 

 the left hand half of the table. Bird No. 7 laid in her pullet 

 year (November i to November i) 193 eggs. In the same 



