POULTRY HOUSE EQUIPMENT 529 



NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION-ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION 

 POULTRY EXPERIMENTS AND PATHOLOGY 



SALES MEMORANDUM 



rj, I Head of Department 

 \ on PuRCHASiNO Aqent.. 



No. B1RD8 Sold ALIVE PnicB.. 



No. Birds Sold Dressed Price.. 



No. Eqgb Sold Price,. 



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Fig. 222. — A convenient sales memorandum. 



PRACTICAL POULTRY ACCOUNTANT WORK 



Four factors are essential to poultry success. These are, 

 birds to lay, large numbers of birds, sufficient capital, and 

 sufficient experience. The following poultry accountant 

 work is an essential to the success of poultry work. One 

 must keep accurate business accounts to know of the degree 

 of success. On the average farm it requires approximately 

 9 pounds of feed and 0.21 hours labor to produce one dozen 

 eggs. The cost of this 9 pounds of feed and 0.21 hours labor 

 will constitute three-fourths of the total cost of the dozen 

 eggs under efficient management. 



Flock Record, Pen Sheet; Page 1. — The hens should, if 

 possible be counted the first of each month to check with the 

 figure obtained in the records by adding and subtracting the 

 hens added and removed respectively. The date of counting 

 and the number should be recorded in the last column. 



The males are not to be considered with the records of the 

 number of hens in the flock, or the number removed or added; 

 the only item to be recorded for the males is the number held 

 for breeders or for sale as breeders, when counted each month, 

 to be recorded in the last column of this sheet under "males. " 



