EGG RECORDS 189 



When the Colony Houses are in use they are 

 cleaned and rebedded every two or three weeks, as 

 required, during the first part of the Spring. After 

 the first part of the season is over, say from July 

 1st., they are not cleaned as often for the reason that 

 there is very little dampness, and so long as the 

 Houses remain dry, the cleaning is not required. 



The cost of feed in the last two years has gone up 

 materially, and it now requires an outlay of about 

 eighteen cents to raise a Leghorn cockerel to broiler 

 size. The cost of raising a pullet to the laying point 

 is forty-two and a half cents, which includes cost of 

 incubation. The pullet, through her^first ten months 

 of laying, costs $1.15. 



It is somewhat difficult to give a fixed figure as to 

 the cost of caring for the coming breeder through 

 the time of moult, during the months when she is pro- 

 ducing eggs for hatching, and up to the time when 

 she is shipped, in August, eleven months in all. Dif- 

 ferent seasons and different flocks of birds vary in 

 the amount of food necessary during these months. 

 Our records show, however, that the output of eggs 

 through the moulting season from the birds which we 

 are carrying for hatching eggs has always been enough 

 to show a profit over the feeding cost. It would be 

 safe to figure that the outlay will be between one dol- 

 lar and forty and one dollar and fifty cents. These 

 amounts, as given, represent the cost of feeding and 

 the cost of labor. 



