FEED COST OF EGG PRODUCTION". 
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and third years is clearly shown. The average value over feed cost 
the first year from Pens 1 to 6 exceeded that of the second year by 
$1.15 per hen, while the second-year average exceeded the third year 
by 62 cents. The average decrease from the first to the second year 
of the early-hatched general-purpose pens (Nos. 1 to 3) was $1.73, 
compared with 58 cents in the late-hatched pens (Nos. 5 and 6). In 
their third year the average decrease was 76 cents in the early-hatched 
pens and 61 cents in the late-hatched pens. The total value of the 
eggs for two years over cost of feed from Pen 4 (Leghorns) was $4.90, 
against $4.34 in Pen 2, the highest of any of the general-purpose pens. 
The total value over feed cost for three years was $6.84 for Pen 4 
(Leghorns), against $4.45 for Pen 2. The value of the eggs over feed 
cost during their third laying year is very much greater for Leghorns 
than for general-purpose fowls, as shown in this table. The highest 
average value over feed cost made by any pen during its pullet year 
was $3.41 in Pen 8 (1914), also a Leghorn pen, which is 15 cents per 
hen higher than the highest general-purpose pen (Pen 2). Present 
prices of eggs and feeds should be carefully compared in considering 
the following table. 
Table 9. — Average value of eggs per 
hen and per dozen. 
1912-13 
1913-14 
1914-15 
Pen. 
Annual 
value 
per 
hen. 
Annual 
value 
over 
feed 
cost. 
Aver- 
age 
value 
per 
dozen. 
Annual 
value 
per 
Sen. 
Annual 
value 
over 
feed 
cost. 
Aver- 
age 
value 
per 
dozen. 
Annual 
value 
per 
hen. 
Annual 
value 
over 
feed 
cost. 
Aver- 
age 
value 
per 
dozen. 
1 
$4.03 
4.20 
3.66 
3.59 
3.33 
3.21 
$2.86 
3.26 
2.50 
2.72 
2.17 
1.88 
Cents. 
33.9 
34.6 
34.5 
30.4 
32.3 
31.9 
$2.32 
2.03 
2.11 
3.03 
2.82 
2.54 
$1.25 
1.08 
1.08 
2.18 
1.67 
1.22 
Cents. 
31.0 
31.3 
32.6 
30.9 
33.1 
32.6 
$1.70 
1.34 
1.52 
2.78 
2.14 
2.11 
$0.39 
.11 
.65 
1.94 
.95 
.71 
Cents. 
28.9 
2 
28.3 
3 
30.5 
4 
29.1 
5 
30 9 
6 
30.0 
Average 
3.67 
2.56 
32.9 
2.47 
3.33 
4.29 
2.43 
1.41 
2.45 
3.41 
1.55 
31.9 
32.9 
32.7 
32.5 
1.93 
2.76 
3.74 
2.14 
2.49 
2.54 
4.58 
3.98 
4.35 
.87 
1.67 
.79 
1.92 
2.81 
1.07 
1.39 
1.53 
3.14 
2.96 
3.03 
1-.04 
.63 
29.6 
7 
30.9 
8 
30.1 
9 
30.8 
10 
30 4 
11 
29.8 
12 
32.3 
12 
32.8 
14 
" 
32.0 
15 
30.3 
16 
29.0 
i The minus sign denotes a loss. 
The averages for Pens 7 to 16 omitted; see note under Table 2. Note present prices of eggs and feed. 
Quotations of nearby eggs on the New York wholesale market were 
used in calculating the market value of these eggs. The prices of a 
dozen eggs used in this bulletin for each year (13 periods of 4 weeks 
