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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



the chicks were smaller when they were hatched, grew more 

 slowly, and more of them died from chick diseases than was 

 the case with chicks hatched from eggs laid by the mature 

 fowls." 



Table XXI." 



Hens. 

 Total number of egga incubated 



less those cracked in turning 1094.00 

 Average weight of eggs per hundrerl 12.96 pounds 

 Total number of chicks 

 Per cent hatched of eggs incubated 

 Average weight of chicks per 



hundred when removed from 



incub;itor . . . . 



Average weight of chicks at second 



weighing, per hundred 

 Total number of recorded deaths 

 Per cent, of chicks which died 



840.00 

 76.7 



8.28 pounds 



29.56 pounds 

 42,00 

 5.00 



Pullets. 



871.00 



11.19 pounds 

 591,00 



67.8 



7. 12 pounds 



23.07 pounds 



85.00 



14.5 



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Comparison of pullet and yearling production of American breeds at the 

 Vineland International Egglaying and Breeding Contest during the years 

 1010-1918. 



Pearl^ on the other hand, working with Barred Plymouth 

 Hocks, found that the first breeding year was the best for 

 both males and females. \\\ his very careful study he made 



' West Virginia Bulletin, No. 124. 

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