FEED COST OF EGG PRODUCTION. 
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correspond as nearly as possible in each pen. The exact periods for 
each pen are given on page 8. 
Table 6. — Percentage of egg production for 4-week periods, 1912-13. 
100 PER CENT=1 EGG PER HEN PER DAY. 
Period. 
1912. 
November 
December 
1913. 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
1914. 
January 
Average 
First laying year. 
Pen 1. Pen 2. Pen 
Per cent. 
36 
27 
(7) 
Per cent. 
29 
38 
(7) 
40 
Per cent. 
16 
42 
43 
44 
55 
50 
49 
39 
28 
29 
20 
24 
11 
(9) 
(10) 
(8) 
Pen 4. Pen 5. Pen 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
33 
Per cent. 
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 6a. — Percentage of egg production for 4-week 
s, 1913-14. 
100 PER CENT=1 EGG PER HEN PER DAY. 
Period. 
Second laying year. 
Penl. Pen 2. Pen 3. Pen 4. Pen 5. Pen 
First laying year. 
Pen 7. Pen 8. Pen 
1913. 
November 
December 
1914. 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
1915. 
January 
Average 
2-year average 
Per ct. 
3 
6 
26 
27 
48 
38 
47 
37 
28 
26 
23 
13 
(1) 
(0) 
(2) 
Per ct. 
(1) 
Per ct. 
9 
10 
Per ct. 
(7) 
(6) 
(12) 
41 
29 
58 
68 
63 
49 
44 
30 
19 
11 


Per ct. 
(13) 
(14) 
(20) 
25 
36 
51 
45 
35 
34 
28 
34 
28 
23 
14 
2 
Per ct. 
(17) 
(20) 
(15) 
21 
36 
44 
45 
27 
43 
32 
27 
19 
15 
Per ct. 
37" 
Per ct. 
(3) 
(9) 
(19) 
21 
30.5 
21 
27.5 
25 
27.5 
2s 
(21) 
Per ct. 
29 
10 
46 
44 
38 
30 
27 
23 
21 
19 
16 
(9) 
SI 
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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. 
