78 A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



1913--Quantity of feed, 16,439; average cost per 100 pounds, $1,85; 

 cost of feed, $303.34; number of eggs, 14,729. 



1914 — Quantity of feed, 16,685; average cost per 100 pounds, $2.00; 

 cost of feed, $333.24; number of eggs, 18,332. 



1913— Value of eggs, $403.96; number of dozens, 1,227 5-12; pounds 

 of feed per dozen eggs, 13.39; cost of feed per dozen eggs, 24.71c. 



1914 — Value of eggs, $560.06; number of dozens, 1,527 8-12; pounds 

 of feed per dozen eggs, 10,92; cost of feed per dozen eggs, 21.81c. 



1913 — Average price per dozen eggs, $32.91c; selling prive above 

 feed cost, 8.20c; meat sold, $35.56. 



1914— Average price per dozen eggs, 36.66c; selling price above 

 feed cost, 14.85c; meat sold, $49.56. 



Excess Figures 1914 Over 1913. 

 Pounds of feed, 246; cost of feed, $29.90; number of eggs, 3,603; 

 value of eggs, $156.10. 



It will be seen from the foregoing, that, for 246 pounds 

 of feed we received 3,603 eggs, which, figured at the same 

 price of 32.91c per dozen as in 1913, figures up to $98.81. 

 This result is an offset to the cost of this 246 pounds of feed, 

 at 1913 prices, of $4.55, plus the cost of electricity. 



The cost of the extra light current consumed must, of 

 course, be taken into account. The author has no means of 

 arriving exactly at this cost, as the current for residence use 

 and poultry houses went through the same meter. The total 

 bills for current for the year 1913, however, were $34.75, and 

 for the year 1914 $49.11, showing an excess of $14.36 for the 

 year. 



We used an electric iron for doing the domestic ironing 

 in 1914, which consumed considerable current. As near as 

 can be judged, therefore, the excess bill, for poultry houses, 

 was about $12.00. 



The light bills would have been considerably higher were 

 it not for the fact that we came in on a lower rate, for excess 

 current. These figures are for practically eleven months, as 

 the electric light was not used until January 21st, 1914. 



There were other items of expense which would only 

 figure up to a very few dollars, outside of the expense for egg 

 cartons which came to about $12.00. The comparison be- 

 tween the two years would not be affected by these items. 



This experiment being a hobby, to which only spare time 

 was devoted, no labor can be charged up — although this item 

 would have to figure in a business plant. On this point the 

 author is of the conviction that, with the labor saving con- 



