CHAPTER XH. 
FEED COST OF EGGS 
Last year my flock laid 36,000 eggs, the 
production being distributed during the 
months as follows: March to July, 74%; 
August, January, February, 16%; Septem- 
ber to December, 10%. 
This distribution of the production plainly 
shows why eggs are cheap during the spring 
months and high at other seasons. Some 
say the only way to make money from chick- 
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broilers and fowls. 
ens is to get eggs during fall and winter. 
While this is one way and a hard way too as 
pullets don’t always lay as one would hope, 
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