FEED COST OF EGG PRODUCTION. 
Table 8a. — Feed per dozen eggs for 4-week periods, 1913-14. 
31 
Period. 
Second laying year. 
First laying year. 
Penl. 
Pen 2. 
Pen 3. 
Pen 4. 
Pen 5. 
Pen 6. 
Pen 7. 
Pen 8. 
Pen 9. 
1913. 
Pounds. 
66.2 
44.9 
35.8 
7.8 
8.5 
4.5 
5.0 
4.4 
5.7 
6.6 
7.0 
9.9 
25.8 
(154. 0) 
Pounds. 
15.0 
28.7 
32.9 
21.0 
,9.8 
4.9 
4.9 
6.4 
6.2 
6.1 
7.4 
9.8 
32.3 
(345.0) 
(275.0) 
(416.2) 
Pounds. 
22.6 
25.0 
29.5 
11.2 
8.4 
6.6 
6.4 
6.5 
8.5 
9.8 
9.5 
10.7 
14.7 
(26. 9) 
(116.2) 
(113.9) 
Pounds. 
(26. 6) 
(27.3) 
(16.6) 
4.5 
7.1 
3.5 
3.1 
2.9 
3.2 
4.0 
5.1 
7.7 
15.3 
432.0 
267.5 
Pounds. 
(17.6) 
(19.3) 
(12.6) 
10.1 
7.4 
5.4 
5.2 
5.7 
6.0 
6.7 
6.3 
6.9 
12.4 
17.6 
102.0 
128.4 
Pounds. 
(17.6) 
(15.1) 
(20.3) 
13.1 
8.6 
7.0 
5.2 
7.4 
5.7 
8.3 
7.9 
12.8 
19.6 
36.3 
135.9 
57.6 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
4.5 
7.2 
6.4 
6.0 
4.3 
3.3 
3.4 
3.5 
6.8 
5.1 
11.9 
14.3 
19.4 
(20.0) 
(9.8) 
6.1 
6.1 
5.0 
4.4 
3.0 
3.0 
2.6 
2.7 
3.2 
4.6 
7.4 
6.9 
9.2 
(20. 7) 
(10.2) 
19.9 
1914. 
27.9 
February 
7.3 
22.7 
April 
3.7 
May 
4.4 
Mav 
4.4 
June 
6.2 
July 
6.5 
8.0 
10.1 
12.6 
15.9 
(26.7) 
(39.9) 
1915. 
(171.3) 
9.2 
9.2 
10.3 
5.6 
8.6 
10.6 
5.6 
4.2 
8.2 
Figures in parentheses are repetitions, put in for comparison; they are not included in the averages. 
For repetition of month of May see note under Table 4. 
Table 8b. — Feed per dozen eggs for 4-week periods, 1914-15. 
Period. 
Third laying year. 
Pen 1. Pen 2. Pen 3. Pen 4. Pen 5. Pen 
Second laying year. 
Pen 7. Pen 8. Pen 
November. 
1914. 
Pounds. 
154.0 
Pounds. 
345.0 
275.0 
January... 
February. . 
March 
April 
May 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September. 
October . . . 
November. 
December . 
1915. 
January . . 
February. 
Average. 
171.3 
34.4 
8.9 
7.4 
6.9 
7.8 
8.5 
8.6 
11.9 
15.8 
416. 
52. 
10. 
6. 
5. 
7.8 
13.6 
10.6 
24.0 
450. 5 
Pounds. 
26.9 
116.2 
113.9 
25.2 
8.6 
7.0 
6.4 
5.6 
8.2 
7.4 
13.2 
19.0 
54.0 
Pounds. 
(432. 0) 
(267. 5) 
12.3 
5.3 
3.4 
3.2 
3.6 
3.4 
4.3 
5.0 
7.9 
88.7 
720.0 
27.1 
Pounds. 
(17.6) 
(102.0) 
(128. 4) 
14.5 
8.2 
6.3 
7.2 
7.0 
6.2 
9.2 
10.6 
13.8 
20.7 
28.9 
585.5 
218.0 
Pounds. 
(36.3) 
(135.9) 
(57.6) 
14.7 
9.4 
7.7 
6.5 
6.3 
8.6 
12.3 
13.6 
17.7 
90.4 
41.0 
165.0 
Pounds. 
(19.4) 
20.0 
7.8 
4.9 
4.1 
3.7 
4.1 
4.1 
4.6 
6.5 
7.3 
18.3 
162.7 
Pounds. 
(9.2) 
20.7 
10.2 
5.1 
3.3 
3.3 
3.2 
2.9 
2.8 
3.2 
4.4 
6.3 
58.9 
117.9 
Pounds. 
(15.9) 
26.7 
13.3 
6.7 
7.0 
5.6 
6.1 
5.8 
16.0 
13.1 
6.0 
11.0 
12.9 
G.2 
4.7 
11.8 
16.2 
22.7 
64.5 
10.7 
