WHERE TO LOCATE 
The following table will show the effect of the climate upon 
the distribution of the egg yield throughout the year. The 
records at New York are from a large number of hens of sev- 
eral different flocks and probably represent a normal distribu- 
tion of the egg yield for that section. The Kansas and 
Arkansas lists are taken from the record of small flocks and 
are not very reliable. The fourth column gives the Australian 
records with the months transferred on account of being in 
the southern hemisphere. The last column gives the railroad 
shipments from a division of the N. C. & St. L. railroad in 
Western Tennessee: 
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January ......... 21 25 32 51 26 1509 
February ....... 26 22 30 66 41 1520 
March .......... 43 -60 62 67 66 2407 
Aprile co ceo nee sees 56 52 88 61 83 1775 
May ...svewssavos 59 57 44 53 81 1650 
PUNE ceeccs evans 50 46 42 45 61 1131 
DULY? 5 26. s Spaseedseiverans 44 43 34 43 58 878 
August .......... 87 32 .38 Al 54 422 
September ...... 26 .28 29 29 24 100 
October ......... 17 13 22 31 3 641 
November ....... 08 -06 18 31 2 703 
December ....... 14 25 15 40 11 1150 
An equible climate the year round is the best for the chicken 
business. The California coast is fairly equible in tempera- 
ture, but its winter rains and summer drouth are against it. 
The Atlantic coast south of New York is fairly good, probably 
the best the country affords. The most southern portions will 
be rather too hot in summer, which will result in a small 
August and September egg yield. Probably the region around 
Norfolk is, all considered, the best poultry climate the country 
affords. 
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