HOW I BEGAN AS AN EGG-FARMER ral 
EXPLANATION OF THE BALANCE-SHEET 
I. 18,142 Eggs sold for Domestic Purposes 
The details under this heading may be classified as follows :— 
Month 
November 
December 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
No. of Average price 
Eggs sold per dozen Income 
a: A & ree A 
922 2 8 Io § 74t 
1,200 2 8 1312 5 
950 2 0 715 OF 
1,698 Il 7 Il 5 5 
2,538 I 7 17 2 0 
2,495 I 5 14 12 3h 
2,998 1 54 18 9 11} 
1,814 1 8 1216 § 
2,141 I 10 16 9 24 
I,OIL tar 7 16 lk 
249 2 5 211 oF 
126 2 9 19 8 
18,142 19 £134_7 7 
The extremes of prices for the eggs during the different months were 
as follows :— 
In November from 2s. 
In December ,, 25. 
In January gy Se 
In February ,, Is. 
In March 3g. TS: 
In April js. ESE 
In May sy. SD 
In June 53 SS 
In July sy ES: 
In August sy ES: 
In September ,, 2s. 
In October ») 28. 
6d. to 3s. per dozen. 
3d. to 3s. i 
6d. (Small) to 2s. 3d. per dozen. 
6d. ,,  to2s. 35 
6d.  ,, tos tod. re 
3d. ,, tos. 6d. a 
3d. 4, ~=—to rs. 6d. 3 
6d. ,, to 1s..9d. ae 
7d. ip BOS: 35 
tod. ,, to as. 6d. 5 
a” to 28. gd. a” 
58. to 3s. 4 
At eight to the lb. the above eggs would weigh 2268 Ib., or 1 ton 28 Ib., 
and would cost £137, 10s. per ton. 
2. 2131 Eggs sold for Setting 
Nearly all these sittings were sold at 3s. 6d. per sitting, but twenty 
were sold as low aS 28. 6d. The average price was 3s. 43d. per sitting. 
