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some in November, better in December, and 

 very well in January. These are the months 

 of high prices for eggs. One dozen eggs dur- 

 ing that period is worth two or more dozens 

 in the spring. 



Taking one year with another, the cost of 

 raising pullets to the laying age, including 

 the value of the eggs for hatching and the 

 cost of fuel, labor and feed, is about offset by 

 the price which I get for the hens wholesale 

 in the London market at the end of their 

 second season. From my standpoint then it 

 would be foolish not to raise yearly all the 

 pullets which I require to restock half the 

 houses. I believe that experiments have 

 proved that one dozen pullets as profit-earners 

 are equal to two dozen yearling hens, and to 

 three dozen two-year-old hens. That, I think, 

 is pretty nearly my own experience. 



