■O MAKING POULTRY PAY 



a. basis for future figuring in tlie poultry industry, a 

 •cost of food of $1 per hen and a return over feed of $i 

 are pretty safe figures to tie to. The cost will vary 

 "largely from year to year, or in different localities, de- 

 pending largely on the price of grain and other feeds. 

 'These figures from the contest are briefly summarized 

 .as follows : 



INCOME AND PRODUCTION OF AN AVERAGE HEN 



Eggs laid in a year 82 



Value of eggs sold and used $1.15 



Value of chickens sold 68 



'Gross income i .95 



■Cost of food 94 



Cost of labor 34 



Profit over food cost i.oi 



Net profit 67 



Investment, including hen, buildings, etc 1.81 



GETTING EGGS IN WINTER 



Some valuable results are gleaned from the winter 

 ^egg laying contest conducted by Farm and Home, from 

 November i, 1906 to April i, 1907. There were 117 

 contestants, living in all sections of the United States 

 who kept 7040 fowls in 136 flocks. With the exception 

 of three flocks, .whose owners were sick part of the 

 time, all showed a profit from the sale of eggs laid dur- 

 ing the five months. The general average was sixty 

 fowls per owner which laid forty-two eggs each, 

 that sold for ninety-five cents. The food cost was 

 thirty-eight cents each, leaving a profit of fifty-seven 

 'Cents per fowl. 



Taking all points into consideration, the age of 

 -.the fowls and the manner of housing seem to have 



