78 



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krpi with ilu'iii iMi- eleven iiiMiiilis. In the oIIut half, in Pen 

 No. 2, 60 pullets, mates to those in J 'en Xo. 1, were ])nt, on the 

 same day, and treated in the same manner. 



EGG REUORDS OF HESS IN HOUSING EXPERIMENTS. 



Months. 



Pen No. l. 



Size 12.X38 feet. 



!I0 birds. 



Pi;n No. I. 



Size 12x38 feet. 



60 blitis. 







n 



bU V 



November 

 December 

 January . . 

 February . 

 March • .. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



Total yield for eleven months 



Average number of hens in eaeli pen 



Average j'leld per hen for ■whole period 



90 



25 



60 



90 



11(1 



60 



90 



i27 



60 



89 



473 



59 



89 



1214 



59 



89 



1430 



57 



88 



1288 



57 



85 



1216 



54 



8,5 



1281 



54 



83 



997 



62 



i 79 



833 



48 



- 



9294 



- 



87 



- 



56i 



- 



109 



- 



39 

 151 

 339 

 465 

 891 

 889 

 855 

 800 

 808 

 724 

 571 

 6.'i35 



116 



\Miere the 90 birds were together they averaged 103 eggs 

 each, and where the 60 birds made up the flock, 109 eggs was 

 the average to each one. ^^'here the larger number of birds 

 were together they did not appear to suffer from confinement 

 during winter, as only one bird was lost from November ist to 

 May 1st. 



In the pen where the 90 birds were kept, the floor space was 

 5.1 square feet per bird, and in the pen where the flock numbered 

 60 birds the floor space was J.d feet per bird. 



It is doubtful if there are other lines of investigation where 

 results are likely to be of greater value to practical poultrymen 

 than the study of sizes of flocks and floor spaces for birds. If 

 floor space can be as economically used by leaving it in one large 



