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MAIM-: ACKUr 



iKAi. i:.\i'i:kimkxt station. 



I'RV 



the other luxcdiii!;- Icnialcs wc arc imw carryiiii;" arc tested hens 

 that lia\c laid over i8o egj:j;s in a year; ]nillets whose mothers 

 laid over 200 eg;crs in a year, and whose fathers' ninthcrs laid 

 over 200 eg^g^s in a year; and pullets out of hens whose sires 

 were out of 200-egg hens, the pullets themselves being sired by 

 cockerels bred for two generations on both dam and sire sides 

 from 200-egg jiroduccrs. 



FOUNDATION STOCK WITH EGG RECORDS TO OCTOBER 31, ISM. 



When luitclied. 



4 

 14 

 47 

 403! 

 4-2S 

 445 

 480, 

 72!)' 

 74> 

 753 

 765 

 770 



101 



286 

 3U3 

 318 

 3-26 

 609 

 61-2 

 617 

 630 

 635 

 67-2 1 

 6761 

 1001 

 1002: 

 1003' 

 1005 

 1U12 

 1028 

 1140 



April, 1S98 W 



April, 1898 W 



April, 1,^98 W 



April, 1S99 W 



April, 1S99 W 



April, 1899... W 



April, 1899 W 



April, 1900 W 



April, 1900 W 



April, 1900 W 



April, 1900 W 



April, 1900 W 



April, 1900 W 



June, 1898 B. 



June, 1898 15. 



April, 1899 B. 



April, 1899 B. 



April, 1899 B. 



April, 1900 B. 



April, 1900 B. 



April, 1900 H. 



April, 1900 li. 



\pril, 1900 B. 



April, 1900 B. 



April, 1900 H. 



April, 1901 



April, 1901 



April, 1901 .. 



April, 1901 



April, 1901 



April, 1901 



. W ... 

 . w ... 

 . w ... 

 . w . . . 

 . w . . . 

 . w ... 

 . w ... 

 . w . . . 

 . w ... 

 . w . . . 

 . w . . . 

 . w ... 

 . w ... 



1'. R.. 



p. R.. 



r R.. 



\\ R.. 

 I'. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 I'. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. H.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 

 P. R.. 



201 

 208 

 200 



204 



206 



140 



1.30 



141 



28 



167 



_ 



219 



162 



217 



V.iH 



208 



139 



218 



172 



- 



2(»3 



_ 



208 



_ 



217 



- 



226 



- 



207 



_ 



233 



30 



63 



147 



138 



208 



127 



237 



102 



211 



145 



- 



200 



_ 



209 



_ 



251 



- 



213 



_ 



201 



_ 



210 



- 



209 



- 



- 



119 



89 

 93 

 134 

 113 

 150 

 22 

 102 

 42 

 33 



85 

 49 

 104 

 176 

 138 

 133 

 137 

 143 

 185 

 102 

 213 

 205 

 240 

 223 

 201 

 206 

 211 



COMPARISONS OF THE YIELDS OF HENS DURING THE FIRST AND 

 SECOND YEARS OF LAYING. 



With many poultrymen the idea is prevalent that if a hen lay 

 but tew eggs the first year, she is likely to do better the second 

 \ear, than though she laid well during the first. 



The data so far secured, does not show that hens that yield 

 120 eggs, or less, the first year, yield satisfactorily the second 



