38 MY POULTRY DAY BY DAY 
soft-shelled eggs, showed that it was not too stimulating. 
Contrary, too, to the usual advice, this high albuminoid 
ratio, and the same quantity of food, were continued 
throughout the summer, and with uniformly good results. 
(c) A comparatively light meal was given towards the end of 
the day, whereas the general practice is to make every 
effort to send the birds to roost with their crops full. 
“The following table gives the number of eggs laid each 
month :— 
Month No. of Eggs Month No. of Eggs 
October 31, 1914 2 Brought forward. » 1478 
November sy . . 184] May IQI5 % » 285 
December aA F . 240} June oe ? - 205% 
January, 1915 : . 224] July 7 : - 186 
February ie : . 255] August a3 : ‘ 179 
March 55 : . 315] Sept. (to 14th) ‘ : ves 
April 55 : » 258 
Carried forward . . 1478 2404 
* 79 up to and including 11th June, when 6 fowls were sold. 
«Thus, during the first period up to 11th June, 1842 eggs were 
laid by 17 birds, or an average of 108-3. In the second period, 
12th June-14th September, the remaining 11 birds laid 562 eggs, 
an average of 51:1. Taking the two periods together, the 11 birds 
retained the whole time laid an average of 159 eggs in 318 days 
—exactly an egg every other day, or at the rate of 182 per 
year. 
«« The lowest number of eggs laid on any one day was 1 on 8rd and 
6th November, and the highest 13 on five days in March. The 
eggs were sold chiefly at wholesale prices to a local dairy, a few 
only being sold at the retail rate. For her own household use 
X. retained the smallest eggs at the wholesale price. The highest 
price was obtained from 1st-25th November—viz. 5 per 1s. 
(wholesale)—and the lowest from 21st-24th April—viz. 11 per 1s. 
The amount realised by the sale of eggs was £16, 6s. 5d., being 
an average of 1s. 74d. per dozen. 
