EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS 
and for the purpose of illustrating the point the following tab'e 
has been drawn up. The lower part of the table gives the per- 
centage yields, by which it will be seen that 65 per cent. of the birds 
laid over 160 eggs, while 19 per cent. laid over 200 eggs during the 
ten months of the trials. 
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Number of Birds 
f 240 | 220 | 200 180 | 160 | 140 ° Total 
Birds and | to to to to to to 
over | 239 | 219 | 199 179 | 159 } 139 
240 Eggs and over 5 5 5 
220 Eggs to 239 Eggs 20 5 20 25 
200 Eggs to 219 Eggs 32 5 20 32 57 
180 Eggs to 199 Eggs | 71 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 128 
160 Eggs to 179 Eggs 67 5 20 32 71 67 195 
140 Eggs to 159 Eggs 41 5 20 32 71 67 41 236 
o Eggs to 139 Eggs 64 5 20 32 71 67 41 64 300 
Percentage of Birds 
Per- 
centage| 240 | 220 | 200 180 | 160 | 140 o | Total 
of Birds| and] to to to to to to | 
over | 239 | 219 | 199 | 179 159 | 139 
240 Eggs and over 166 | 1°66 1'66 
220 Eggs to 239 Eggs 6°67 | 1°66 | 6°67 8°33 
200 Eggs to 219 Eggs | 10°67 | 1°66 | 6°67 | 10°67 19 
180 Eggs to 199 Eggs | 23°67 | 1°66 | 6°67 | 10°67 | 23°67 42°67 
160 Eggs to 179 Eggs | 22°33 | 1°66 | 6°67 | 10°67 | 23°67 | 22°33 65 
140 Eggs to 159 Eges | 13°67 | 1°66 | 6°67 | 10°67 | 23°67 | 22°33 | 13°67 78°67 
o Eggs to 139 Eggs | 21°33 | 1°66 | 6°67 | 10°67 | 23°67 | 22°33 | 13°67 | 21°33 | 100 
RELATIONSHIP OF EGG-PRODUCTION TO TIME OF COMMENCEMENT 
or LAYING 
To poultry-keepers the relationship of egg-production to the 
time when egg-laying commences is highly important, and it was 
pointed out in the first College Competition Report that all birds 
which laid ten eggs or more during the first month of the test gave 
a higher average than any others in the competition. The con- 
clusion then drawn was that with other conditions as to time of 
