A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 77 



home at eleven fifty-five p. m. the egg factory was still going 

 full blast. 



The winter of 1914-15 the lights had been turned on at 

 about the same time in the morning; but had been left going 

 until nine to nine fifteen p. m. before turning out the larger 

 lights, in order to get the fowls on the roosts. 



It is comical, when turning out the lights this late, to 

 notice several of the birds get busy picking up grain by the 

 two candle power light, after a sudden reduction from one 

 hundred two and one hundred twenty-two candle power lights 

 respectively in each poultry house. 



Production Records for 1914-1915 



Following are the production records for the year 1914 

 and the start of 1915. First, a table showing the items of feed 

 purchased by months, and then the eggs produced for each 

 day, and in monthly columns, with the pullet production 

 separated from that of the hens ; and then a table showing 

 the total eggs produced each month and their value. 



It will be seen that as a summary we have for 1914: 



Weight of feed, 16,685 pounds; cost of feed, $333.24; number of 

 eggs, 18,332; value of eggs, $560.06; meat sold, $49.56. 



If we allow the meat sold to offset the feed used in rais- 

 ing the young stock, and the cost of keeping the cockerels until 

 disposed of, together with cost of eggs for hatching, at mar- 

 ket price for table eggs, we have a showing, as a rough deduc- 

 tion, of a cost for feed of 21.81c per dozen for 1,527 8-12 dozen 

 eggs ; and that it took 10.92 pouiids of feed to produce a dozen 

 eggs. 



The same houses and yard were used as in the previous 

 year. 



The eggs were sold at an average price of 36.66c per 

 dozen, this being 14.8Sc per dozen above the cost of feed. 



The average cost of feed per hundred pounds in 1914 was 

 $2.00. 



The following summary will serve to make an easy com- 

 parison for the two years : 



