126 MY POULTRY DAY BY DAY 
production during the time of year when this natural habit prevails 
among the heavy breeds. In addition to reducing egg-laying, this 
feature of the birds involves extra labour in attention, as is borne 
out in the Poultryman’s notes. 
The following table of average pen yield and value will demon- 
strate this difference between the two classes and shows the yield 
during the winter, spring and summer months, and it will be 
noticed that from 28th November to 19th February the heavy 
breeds averaged about 17 eggs per hen per month :— 
Heavy Breeds Light Breeds 
31 Pens 19 Pens 
Period 
Date, 1914-1915 
(4 weeks) No. of Eggs Vv. No. of | y 
per Pen alue Eggs alue 
s. S. 
I October 31-November 27 . 46'8 79 47°6 78 
2 November 28-December 25 82 13°5 66'°5 10°8 
3 December 26-January 22 . 98'8 12'7 770 9°9 
4 January 23-February 19 . 1050 11°8 g0°6 10'27 
5 February 20-March 19 _—Clyj. II5'9 10'2 I19°6 IO'r 
6 March 20-April 16 . ; 118°6 g‘I 124°r 96 
7 April 17-May 14 4 ‘ 108°6 83 124°6 9°57 
8 May 15-June Ir fi : 93'9 TT 113 92 
9 June 12-July 9 . 7 82°1 73 108°4 96 
10 July ro-August 6. : 737 reel 105‘I 10°06 
II August 7-August 30 : 59°6 6°4 84 8:97 
ANALYSIS OF LAYING 
An analysis of the individual scores in the various pens will 
be interesting for the purpose of drawing conclusions from the 
foregoing tables. 
It must be remembered in comparing the percentage returns 
in the following table with those of previous years that the present 
figures are the returns of ten months only, while those given in the 
last report covered a period of twelve months. With this fact in 
mind the figures show very satisfactory results. 
The number of eggs laid by individual birds in the trials is always 
an interesting point irrespective of the other birds in the same pen, 
