g ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



An accurate count was kept by each contestant of the amount of 

 time expended in the care of poultiy and a fair valuation was placed up- 

 on this, which amounted to 34c per hen each year, or $23.96 per flock, 

 there being an average of 69 fowls in each flock. During the year these 

 hens laid an average of 82 eggs each. The best record was 247 eggs from 

 a flock, of 20 Rose Comb White Leghorns by a Connecticut poultry keeper, 

 as published before. The smallest egg record was from another Con- 

 necticut poultryman who obtained 485 eggs from 49 fowls, or about 10 

 eggs per hen per year. While this average record may seem small, it 

 must be born in mind the number of fowls given also includes the roos- 

 ters which would make a slight difference in the average yield. 



The eggs sold for $1.15 per hen, showing a fair profit on eggs alone 

 over cost of feed. A considerable portion of the income was derived 

 from the sale of poultry, either young stock or the original fowls, which 

 were turned and replaced by young stock raised uring the year. This 

 amounted to $17,118.81 or 68c per hen. Making no estimate for stock 

 raised, but charging the entire food cost to eggs, makes eggs cost $1.15 

 each for food consumed, but as nearly 1-3 of the food used was consum- 

 ed by young stock, the net food cost per egg was about %c each. This 

 must of course vary largely with locality, as food costs more than double 

 in some sections what it does in others. It can safely be assumed, how- 

 ever, that the food cost of eggs is in the neighborhood of y 2 their mar- 

 ket value. 



The total receipts per fowl amounted to $1.95 each, leaving a profit 

 of $1.01 over the cost of feed and 07 cents net over cost of food and 

 labor. This gives a net income of $46.23 per flock and a gross income of 

 $135.40. The gross income is actually much nearer the profit derived 

 from the fowls in the contest th"an the net figures for nearly all the labor 

 given was that employed at odd inter, als, which would otherwise be of 

 small value, while a good proportion of the food was that produced on the 

 farms and gardens or refuse from the table which would otherwise go 

 to waste. As a basis for future figuring in the poultry industry, a cost 



