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thousand to twelve hundred chicks each year, but have 

 assistance. Mr. Lang worthy: That depends on the man 

 and the equipment. Mr. Lackore: Two thousand. 



Cost of a Four Months' Old Chick. > 



Question. Figuring eggs at market prices, what is the 

 cost, including labor, of producing a four months' old chick 

 by your method? 



Answers. Mr. Duston; Really I cannot tell, it did cost 

 me from nine to eleven cents a pound to produce a roaster, 

 not including fuel, but as I raise stock for breeding pur- 

 poses now, I have not made a careful estimate recently. Mr. 

 Dodge: As we do not raise chicks for market, we cannot 

 say what the cost would be, but it costs us $1.00 to hatch, 

 raise and keep a Leghorn one year. ,]\fr. Ring: I have 

 no figures to show accurately the cost to this age, my expense 

 for labor is distributed over the entire plant and food, fuel, 

 etc., is charged as a whole to the total number raised to 

 maturity. Mr. Langworthy: Can't tell, we begin selling 

 chicks at one or two weeks old and sell from our flock all 

 the time so that I am unable to tell the cost of producing 

 a four months' specimen. Mr. Lackore: About eighteen 

 cents. 



