PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



tween the Leghorns and the general-purpose breeds gives 

 one of the main reasons why the Leghorns are the breed 

 kept exclusively on commercial egg farms in this country. 



Table VI 



Feed Consumed per Dozen Eggs at Government Poultry Farm and 

 at Egg Laying Contests 



The results from these different sources are fairly con- 

 sistent and the dififerences can largely be accounted for 

 by the relative percentage of Leghorns and heavier breeds 

 at the various places. The Leghorns eat less feed in pro- 

 ducing a dozen eggs as well be seen in the following 

 table. There were approximately 40 per cent Leghorns 

 and 60 per cent general-purpose fowls at Connecticut 

 while at New Jersey the figures were reversed with 60 

 per cent Leghorns and 40 per cent general-purpose fowls. 

 On the government farm only 16 per cent were Leghorns. 

 The results with the amount of feed used by different 

 breeds was not consistent, varying greatly with the dif- 

 ferent tests. The difference between the light-weight 



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