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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



practically nothing in actual cash outlay, that is, 

 where the flock is not large. The eggs in such 

 cases are looked upon as just so much money lying 

 loose and are gathered to keep it from being lost. 

 In such cases, it is highly probable that fowls could 

 be made to pay well by giving them a reasonable 

 amount of attention, especially as the season 

 thrives, when eggs sell at high prices. 



A HEN'S TOTAL YEARLY PRODUCTION 



is not invariably the most desirable measure of egg- 

 producing capacity. Actual production is less im- 

 portant than the season during which the eggs are 

 laid. According to Raymond Pearl and Frank M. 



TRAP NEST BETWEEN PENS 



After hen has laid she passes into empty pen through door. 

 b. Layers thus separate themselves from general flock. Door, 

 a, closes as hen enters and opens when she leaves by door b. 

 Time saver for busy farmer. 



Surface of the Maine experiment station " the 

 measure of an individual hen's egg production in 

 any given time may be taken to be the percentage 

 which the number of eggs actually laid is of the 

 maximum number of eggs which might have been 

 laid by the individual in this given length of time, 

 assuming the production of one egg a day to be the 



