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Hen No. 15 laid 24 eggs 



Hen No. 10 laid. 25 eggs 



Hen No. 11 laid 26 eggs 



Total 227 eggs 



The ten poor layers produced a total of only 94 eggs, 

 a little over nine eggs apiece, while the ten good layers pro- 

 duced 227 eggs, or nearly twenty-three eggs apiece. The 

 ten poor layers more than paid their way in summer, but 

 fell behind in winter, so that the value of their eggs for the 

 year was less than the expense of keeping them. The 

 good layers in summer proved to be the good layers in winter 

 also. 



As a result of the use of record nest boxes for two sea- 

 sons my egg yield this year, for the same number of fowls, 

 has been well on to double what it was before putting in 

 record nest boxes. 



The Direct Benefit. 



A record nest box will accomplish the following with any. 

 flock: It will show which are the barren hens; it will show 

 the exact number of eggs produced by each laying hen; 

 it will enable the owner to keep only the ten prolific layers 

 out of every twenty hens, and to thereby increase his prof- 

 its; it will enable the owner to place twenty prolific layers 

 where he now has ten prolific layers and ten poor layers, 

 and to thereby more than double his profits with the same 

 buildings,- ground, feed and care; it will make it possible 

 to use only the eggs from the best layers for hatching, and 

 to thereby produce a prolific laying strain. 



