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the farmer had some show birds and they brought 

 a good price. The highest price he received for 

 market eggs was 55 cents and the lowest 18 cents 

 per dozen. The best month in egg yield during the 

 first year was March; the poorest November. 

 The second year the April yield slightly exceeded 

 that for March. While this agrees with conditions 

 in the cold eastern states, I should expect, were the 

 figures obtainable, that there would be a higher 

 percentage production here in the winter months 

 than in the cold states, due to a more favorable 

 winter climate. The eggs were sold to retail 

 dealers, though quite a number were sold for incu- 

 bation purposes at $6 per hundred. He has secured 

 as high as $25 for a breeding cockerel, though he 

 makes no specialty of breeding fancy stock. 



"The system of feeding includes a dry mash 

 feed in the morning. The formula is as follows : 

 Bran, 640 pounds ; ground barley, 200 pounds ; feed 

 meal, 300 pounds; shorts, 360 pounds; blood meal, 

 100 pounds; fine bone, 50 pounds; alfalfa meal, 

 100 pounds; beef scrap, 200 pounds; oil cake meal, 

 100 pounds; charcoal, 20 pounds. 



"In the evening wheat, barley, cracked corn, etc., 

 are fed. For green food, kale, swiss chard, lawn 

 clippings, etc., are fed. Sometimes grain is sown 

 in the runs and plowed under. When the grain 

 sprouts the chickens scratch it up, thus getting 

 green feed and exercise. This farmer has thor- 



