A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



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MEAT SOLD IN 1913 



Months 

 April 



May 

 July 



August 



19. 

 19. 

 26. 

 28. 

 26. 

 26. 

 29. 

 2. 



2 Hens 



. 6 

 . 2 

 .15 

 . 1 



Roosters . 

 Cockerels 



September 1 1 



October 



6. 

 13. 

 20. 

 27. 



4. 

 11. 

 18. 

 2S. 



November 26 2 



December 28 3 Roosters 



6^/2 pounds 



2SJ4 " 



7 

 26 



24^ " 



3^ " 

 22 



11^ " 



2/2 " 



10 



8J4 " 



WVz " 

 12 



91^ " 



7/ " 



354 " 



334 " 



9 



14J4 " 



18c 

 18c 

 17c 

 17c 

 15c 

 22c 

 21c 

 24c 

 20c 

 20c 

 20c 

 20c 

 20c 

 14c 

 15c 

 15c 

 16c 

 12c 

 10c 



Totals 



ZWVz 



$ 1.17 



4.59 



1.19 



4.42 



3.67 



.71 



4.62 



.36 



.50 



2.00 



1.70 



2.10 



2.40 



1,33 



1.13 



.56 



.60 



1.08 



1,43 



$35.56 



As stated before, the record of all the hens sold and the 

 dates of same are not available, some data having become 

 lost. These records were kept for private use, never thinking 

 they would be needed for publication. 



Production Records for 1913 



As will be seen in the previous pages, the straw pur- 

 chased has been included in the feed cost. 



All the oil purchased was not entered, as oil was used for 

 other purposes and the account was not kept separate. 



The feed, in addition to raising the young stock up to 

 laying age, was also fed to the cockerels until disposed of. 



If we accept the cost of eggs for hatching, the raising of 

 young birds, and the keeping of cockerels until disposed of, as 

 part of the necessary expense of &gg production — which is 

 offset in a more or less exact ratio by the proceeds of the sale 

 of the old stock to replace which they are raised — we can see 

 that it took 16,439 pounds of feed to produce 14,729 eggs, in 

 the year 1913, by this flock. 



The tables shown in this chapter give the daily egg pro- 



