4 BULLETIN 561, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
grains and of the mash. This is the method of feeding now being 
used and appears to be a good one to follow. Coarse grit and oyster 
shell were fed on the ground near the houses, and green feed was sup- 
plied to the pens not having free range. The pens were put into the 
experiment as soon as the pullets were mature, except Pens 13, 14, 
15, and 16, which were started on special tests some time after the 
pullets had matured and started to lay. The time of maturity 
materially affects the egg yields of fowls during their pullet year, and 
should be considered in comparing Pens 4, 5, and 6, in Table 2 (first 
year) with the other pens. The following regular records were kept 
for each pen: A daily record of the number and weight of the eggs; 
a weekly feed record of the grain, mash, and green feed; and a 
monthly record of the weight of each hen. All rations are by weight. 
Table 2. — Average egg yield and feed cost per hen, weight of eggs, etc. 
First Year, Pens 1 to 6. 
Pen No. 
Average 
egg yield 
per hen. 
Feed per hen. 
Feed per dozen 
eggs. 
Average 
value of 
eggs per 
hen over 
feed cost. 
Average 
weight 
per 
dozen 
eggs. 
Num- 
ber 
times 
hens 
broody. 
Num- 
ber 
hens 
died, 
etc. 
1 
142.2 
145.1 
125.6 
137.8 
121.7 
118.0 
Lbs. 
74 
59 
73 
55 
75 
81 
SI. 17 
.94 
1.16 
.87 
1.16 
1.33 
Lbs. 
6.24 
4.87 
7.00 
4.68 
7.34 
8.10 
Cents. 
9.89 
7.74 
10.90 
7.34 
11.24 
13.18 
$2.86 
3.26 
2.50 
2.72 
2.17 
1.88 
Pounds. 
1.58 
1.55 
1.54 
1.42 
1.54 
1.53 
56 
70 
94 

111 
68 
4 
2 
4 
3 
5 
4 
3 
6 
131.7 
70 
1.11 
6.37 
10.00 
2.56 
1.53 
67 
4.3 
Second Year, Pens 1 to 6. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
92.9 
78.2 
77.8 
115.9 
100.3 
91.1 
69 
59 
67 
54 
73 
83 
$1.07 
.95 
1.03 
.85 
1.15 
1.32 
9.2 
9.2 
10.3 
5.6 
8.6 
10.6 
14.4 
14.6 
16.0 
8.7 
13.5 
16.9 
$1.25 
1.08 
1.08 
2.18 
1.67 
1.22 
1.65 
1.59 
1.62 
1.50 
1.60 
1.62 
46 
44 
74 
4 
82 
66 
7 
3 

3 
6 
6 
4 
Average 
92.7 
68 
1.06 
8.9 
14.0 
1.41 
1.60 
62 
3.8 
First Year, Pens 7 to 9. 
7 
120.9 
157.6 
90.0 
56 
56 
61 
S().S< 
.88 
.88 
5.6 
4.2 
8.2 
8.7 
6.7 
11.7 
$2. 45 
3.41 
1.55 
1.46 
1.47 
1.50 
j! 
i 
R 
4 
9 
2 
122.8 
58 
.88 
6.0 
9.0 
2.47 
1.48 
2.3 
Third Year, Pens 
1 TO ti. 
1 . 
71.4 
59.4 
59.9 
112.1 
82.9 
83.4 
82 
7."> 
65 
56 
76 
90 
$1.31 
1.23 
.97 
.84 
1.19 
1.40 
14.1 
16.0 
13.1 
6.0 
11.0 
12.9 
22.4 
26.0 
19.5 
8.8 
17.2 
20.0 
$0.39 
.11 
.65 
1.94 
.95 
.71 
1.75 
1.66 
1.61 
1.49 
1.63 
1.62 
25 
% 
2 
46 
32 
5 
2 
3 
3 
5 
4 
5 
5 

6 
1 
78.2 
71 1.16 
12.2 
19.0 
.79 
1.63 
30 
3.2 
