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laid by hens and pullets. The following table shows 

 the breed and age of fowls, cost of eggs produced, per- 

 centage of eggs laid and cost of food consumed : 



COST AND PRODUCTION OF EGGS 



*'ood Coat 

 Breed Ago per doten • Egga Uld f Coat of Feed 



AVhlte Leghorn puUets 8.5c 38. $32.06 



White Leghorn pullets .. 8.7 36.1 31.28 



White Leghorn pullets 9.3 34.1 31.63 



Mixed pullets 10.2 34.9 35.61 



White Leghorn pullets 11. 28.6 31.30 



White Leghorn pullets 11.2 26.8 30. 



Mixed mixed 11.3 34.9 39.07 



White Leghorn mixed 13.6 26.8 36.16 



White Leghorn pullets 13.5 29.9 40.31 



White Leghorn pullets 14.2 24.1 33.91 



White Leghorn hens 14.6 21.6 31.26 



Plymouth Rock pullets 16.2 30.8 49.51 



Mixed mixed 16.3 17.7 28.62 



White Leghorn hens 16.4 24.8 40.36 



White Leghorn pullets 16.7 18.6 30.84 



White Leghorn hens 17.3 18.5 31.66 



Mixed pullets 17.6 18.1 31.71 



Black Minorca pullets 17.6 21.7 37.92 



White Leghorn hens 18.1 17.2 30.86 



Mixed hens 18.7 19.2 35.64 



White Leghorn hens 19.5 16. 31.02 



Brown Leghorn hens 20.3 14.6 29.46 



Brown Leghorn.' pullets 20.5 20.6 41.88 



Black Minorca - White 



Wyandotte mixed 23.3 19.4 44.78 



Mixed mixed 21.1 9.5 17.58 



Plymouth Rock-Wyan- 

 dotte hens 30. 16.6 49.38 



Black Minorca hens 32. 16.3 51.94 



Black Minorca pullets 32.1 16.4 52.20 



Black Minorca hens 33.9 9.3 31.32 



Reducing Cost of Eggs — Eggs have cost me the 

 most when I have kept the hens too much on grain 

 rations. I believe I can reduce the cost of eggs nearly 

 •one-half by feeding less grain and in its place giving 

 cut clover, cut meat and bone and vegetables both 

 ■cooked and green. Feed them the morning mash of 

 bran middlings and corn meal but only enough to 

 partly satisfy them. Keep the cut clover and meat 

 in boxes so made that they cannot get in to scratch 

 them out; also shells and grit. Cover a little small 

 grain with litter to induce them to exercise and make 

 the house warm and light. 



•Per 100 fowls per day. fPer 100 fowls for 17 week*. 



