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tion, and as the summer of 1906 was dry and hot, growth of 

 chickens was somewhat slow. Table V gives the total egg 

 production for the entire year of each of the respective lots. 



Table V. — Egg Production. 



Month. 



Lot I. 



White 

 Wyandottes. 



Lot II. Lot III. 

 Buff White 

 Orpingtons. | Wyandottes. 



Lot IV. 



Buff 

 Orpingtons. 











d 





d 





G 





^ a 







biO-d 



^ c 







<u £ 





*t3 0 

 O « 



vera 

 per 



11 



vera 

 per 



^ 0 



vera 

 per 



0 H 



s-. 



> ^ 





H 



<! 



H 



<J. 



H 



< 





< 



December, 1906 



6 



o75 



37 



4-62 



14 



175 



39 



4-88 



January, 1907 ... 



77 



9*62 



108 



I3-5 



73 



9-125 



84 



10-5 



February , , 



107 



I3-38 



97 



12-13 



98 



12*25 



85 



10*62 



March ,, 



150 



i8'75 



112 



14-0 



164 



20 '5 



120 



15-0 



April ,, .... 



124 



I5'5 



105 



13-12 



107 



13-38 



81 



ICTI2 



May ,, 



43 



5'37 



58 



7-25 



58 



7-25 



53 



6-62 



June ,, ... 



92 





45 



5*62 



5i 



6'375 



84 



10-5 



July „ 



76 



9'5 



88 



1 1 -o 



98 



12*25 



78 



975 



August ,, 



48 



6-o 



39 



4-88 



46 



5-75 



45 



5-62 



September ,, ... 



12 



i*5 



20 



2'5 



27 



3*37 



38 



475 



October ,, ... 



















November ,, ... 



















Totals 



735 



91-87 



709 



88-62 



736 



92-0 



707 



88-37 



Range of production ... 



82 to 



112. 



74 to IOI. 



82 to 



108 



32 to 116 



Food cost per dozen 

 eggs 



1 1 -55^ 



is. O'l^d. 



8-53* 



8 Sd. 



It will be seen that the average production of each lot was by 

 no means high, in no case reaching 100 per annum, but in every 

 pen were birds which exceeded that number. Hence the 

 importance of trap nesting to discover the drones. For reasons 

 already stated the food cost of Lots I and II was excessive, where - 

 as in Lots III and IV it maybe regarded as satisfactory, so far 

 as the actual expense of maintenance is concerned. 



From these figures it will be evident that profit in egg 

 production depends upon the margin beyond the actual food 

 cost. But it may be pointed out that the birds used in this 

 experiment consisted of breeding pens, each with one male to 

 eight females, not merely as laying stock, but for the production 

 of chickens, and as each female became broody once or twice, her 

 time was partly taken up in other work. Had they been kept 

 only as layers without any cocks the food cost would have 



