35^ Poultry Keeping in Fruit Plantations, [july, 



In 1917-18 there were also 165 small, cracked -or double- 

 yolked eggs used at home, which were valued at 2^d. each 

 {£1 gs. lod.), and in 1918-19 there were 99 similar eggs, valued 

 at 2d. each (i6s. 6d.). 



During the last two seasons Mr. Hall has been selling day-old 

 chickens, his sales under this heading being as follows : — 



Season No. of Day- old Average Price Total 



Chickens. per ChAcken. Receipts. 



s. d. I s. d. 



1914-15-16-17 .. nil. .. — .. — 



1917- 18 .. 798 .. 10 .. 39 18 o 



1 91 8- 1 9 .. I 013 .. 14.. 66 13 8 



Total (2 years) .. 1,811 .. 12.. ;^io6 11 8 

 Birds of various ages have been sold or killed for home use 

 from season to season as follows : — 



Season. No. of Birds sold. Average Price. 



s. d. 



1 91 4- 1 5 



1 91 5- 1 6 



191 6- 1 7 



191 7- 18 



1 91 8- 1 9 



392 

 584 

 581 

 356 

 303 



3 5 



2 10 



3 6 



5 o 



6 7 



Total Receipts. 



I s. d. 



67 2 



8i 17 



100 18 



89 3 



100 8 



Total (5 years) 2,216 .. — .. ;^439 9 10 

 Average per annum 443 .. 3 11 .. 87 18 o 



The whole of the receipts have now been dealt with. The 

 chief expenses, apart from labour, are food and appliances, 

 but as the appliances are practically all home-made and home- 

 repaired they have cost very little. The cost of the food, 

 including cockle shell, consumed each year, and the cost of 

 appliances, after allowing for depreciation at the rate of 10 

 per cent, per annum, have been as follows : — 

 Quantity of Food 



Season. 



1 91 4- 1 5 



1 91 5- 1 6 



1 91 6- 1 7 



1 91 7- 1 8 

 T 91 8-1 9 



consumed. 

 Cwt. 



184 

 280 



355 



232I- 



265 



Cost of Food. 



Cost of 

 Appliances, 



I s. 



84 o 



154 12 



271 14 



244 2 



254 3 



9 16 

 II 17 

 8 o 



3 4 

 17 8 



Total (5 3^ ears) 

 Average per annum 



;^i,oo8 13 2 

 201 14 8 



50 

 10 



The foods used have been mainly middlings, maize, wheat, 

 oats, fish meal, coconut cake and flaked maize, but rolled oats, 

 meat and bone m.eal, linseed cake, poultry meal, chick meal, 

 pig meal, rice, bean meal, pea meal, malt culms, dari, wheat 



