104 



Housing and Feeding of Poultry. [may, 



out by the birds, effecting a very large saving, and reducing 

 the cost considerably. 



Table I. — Amount of Food Consumed, and Cost. 



i\aiure vi ruw. 



First Quarter. 



Second Quarter. 



Third Quarter. 



Weight. 



Cost. 



Weight. 



Cost. 



Weight. 



Cost. 



Dry mash 

 Grain 

 Mangolds 

 Green bone ... 



lb. 

 1,075 

 208 

 484 

 60 



s. d. 



83 9 

 13 0 



3 3 

 10 0 



lb. 

 1,211 



s. d. 

 94 8 



lb. 



889 



s. d. 

 71 6 



Total 



1,827 



no 0 



1,211 



94 8 



889 



71 6 



Average per bird 

 Average cost per bird 

 per week ... 



36'54 



2 2-4 

 0 2-03 



24*22 



1 10*72 

 0 1-75 



1778 



1 5-16 

 0 1-32 



Total food consumed 



16 cwt. I qr. 7 lb. 



10 cwt. 3 qr. 7 lb. 



7 cwt. 3 qr. 21 lb. 





Fourth Quarter. 



Total for Year. 



Nature of Food. 





















Weight. 



Cost. 



Weight. 



Cost. 



Dry mash ... 

 Grain 



Mangolds ... 

 Green bone 



lb. 



821 

 7 



5 



s. d. 

 66 0 

 0 5 



0 10 



.b. 



3,996 

 215 

 484 

 65 



s. d. 

 315 " 

 13 5 

 3 3 

 10 10 



Total 



833 



67 3 



4,76o 



343 5 



Average per bird ... 

 Average cost per bird per 

 week 



16 -66 



1 4-14 

 0 1-24 



95'2 



6 10*42 



Total food consumed 



7 cwt. 1 



qr. 21 lb. 



2 tons 2 cwt. 2 qrs. 



The cost recorded in this table is much higher than would be 

 profitable to the poultry-keeper, as at the average rate of id. per 

 egg, 82J eggs in the year would be required to pay the food bill 

 for every bird, or reckoning the two males, each hen would 

 need to produce nearly 86 eggs to meet the charge for food 

 alone. For reasons already given it would be unfair to regard 

 this as the actual cost. Taking the last quarter, during the whole 

 of which the boxes to hoppers were used, and making that the 



