270 MY POULTRY DAY BY DAY 
get all his pullets hatched in April he lost some 5000 eggs, which 
would have brought him an additional £50. 
Record of number of eggs laid by flock of 750 White Leghorn pullets, together 
with monthly price of eggs realised in London, wholesale. The amount 
allowed for feed is approximate, but fully covers all charges for feed, labour, 
fixed charges and railway carriage. 
9750 WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 
(Hatched during April, May and June 1915) 
Price per Dozen 
IQI5 Eggs Laid Wholesale 
S.- 32 £ s9 @: 
November. F : 698 i 29 . 8 o 6 
December . ‘ * 51393 . BOD? -% 71 10 2 
I9I6 
January : - 10,831 2 5 108 I9 Io 
February ; ‘ : 13,078 I 9 95 5 9 
March . r : . 16,384 1 6 102 7 6 
April. ‘ . . 16,974 5 ame 88 8 1 
May : . - : 15,216 LE 6 95 2 0 
June. - ‘ . 13,064 I9 95 4 0 
July , : 5 , 12,901 Tr 11 103 0 5 
August - é < 10,790 2 3 IOI 2 3 
September . : : 7,066 2 8} 74 12 6 
October s ‘ : 3,246 2 10 38 5 0 
£981 18 oO 
Cost of feed, labour, railway carriage, upkeep of houses 
and yards, etc. 3 . i 3 5 468 15 0 
Net profit on flock of 750 pullets 2 ‘ , ‘ £513 3.0 
Average per bird, 1674 eggs 
Average per bird, realised in cash 3 LE 6) 32 
Cost of feed, labour, railway carriage on " eges, xed 
charges, etc., per bird 7 F ‘ i . 12 6 
Profit per bird : , . : is 7 : 13 8 
All the same the profits are far above the average. His average 
per bird—1674 eggs—for large flocks is exceptionally good, and 
has probably never been exceeded for large flocks, Anyone who 
can get within 20 eggs of this number—say twelve dozen per 
annum—is doing very well indeed and will not die in the work- 
