FEED COST OF EGG PRODUCTION. 23 
Table 5b. — Weight of eggs per dozen by 4-week periods, 1914-15. 
Period. 
Third laying year. 
Second laying year. 
Penl. 
Pen 2. 
Pen 3. 
Pen 4. 
Pen 5. 
Pen 6. 
Pen 7. 
Pen 8. 
Pen 9. 
1914. 
Pounds. 
1.47 
Pounds. 
1.65 
1.68 
Pounds. 
1.50 
1.58 
1.70 
1.71 
1.70 
1.51 
1.61 
1.61 
1.63 
1.63 
1.58 
1.60 
Pounds. 
(1.60) 
Pounds. 
(1.71) 
(1.80) 
Pounds. 
(1.74) 
(1.61) 
1.64 
1.67 
1.64 
1.60 
1.62 
1.65 
1.62 
1.61 
1.60 
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Pounds. 
(1.61) 
1.55 
1.53 
1.52 
1.51 
1.46 
1.45 
1.41 
1.46 
1.44 
1.45 
1.47 
1.56 
Pounds. 
(1.54) 
1.59 
1.61 
1.60 
1.57 
1.55 
1.51 
1.49 
1.47 
1.46 
1.50 
1.53 
Pounds. 
(1.54) 
1.58 
1915. 
1.63 
1.90 
1.82 
1.84 
1.73 
1.70 
1.65 
1.71 
1.74 
1.82 
1.69 
1.70 
1.70 
1.64 
l.*61 
1.70 
1.53 
1.66 
1.35 
1.56 
1.50 
1.49 
1.50 
1.50 
1.46 
1.48 
1.48 
1.48 
1.76 
1.69 
1.65 
1.65 
1.55 
1.60 
1.60 
1.64 
1.64 
1.75 
1.55 
1.62 
1.59 
1.59 
1.56 
1.55 
1.53 
July 
1.51 
1.52 
1.48 
1.67 
1.75 
1.66 
1.61 
1.49 
1.63 
1.62 
1.46 
1.52 
1.56 
Period. 
First laying year. 
Pen 10. 
Pen 11. 
Pen 12. 
Pen 13. 
Pen 14. 
Pen 15. 
Pen 16. 
1914. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
1.44 
1.44 
1.51 
1.57 
1.62 
1.56 
1.53 
1.53 
1.57 
1.55 
1.54 
1.43 
1.61 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
1.30 
1.45 
1.64 
1.73 
1.72 
1.55 
1.51 
1.57 
1.50 
1.48 
1.61 
1.51 
1915. 
February 
1.65 
1.59 
1.51 
1.49 
1.62 
1.59 
1.68 
1.57 
1.70 
1.74 
1.46 
1.53 
1.50 
1.53 
1.54 
1.49 
1.49 
1.53 
1.55 
1.67 
1.65 
1.48 
1.55 
1.47 
1.45 
1.49 
1.47 
1.46 
1.49 
1.46 
1.55 
1.54 
1.49 
1.38 
1.41 
1.36 
1.36 
1.20 
April 
1 39 
May „ 
1 50 
Mav 
1 41 
J une 
1 46 
July 
1 44 
August 
1 44 
September 
1 59 
October 
November 
December 
1.32 
1916. 
January 
1.48 
1.45 
February 
1.44 
1.59 
1.56 
1.54 
1.51 
1.47 
1.37 
1.45 
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. 
