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by percentage of value; market value for numbers, slightly varied by tho 
eggs were received, the January and June eggs having brought one-toum™ 
a cent each more than the other months ; and intrinsic value as calculate¢* 
a standard weight and compared with cost of food for the breed. 
Feomtot ttn 
Value of Eggs Produced Dy 3 
Produced Weight ' 
above Cost above Cost 4 
of Food, of Food. di 
Pullets — ( 
Single Comb Brown Leghorn... Pie W'S 2:3 erate 1982 i 
Silver Laced Wyandotte... ui sec Wee LL3*9 Baty: epee oa 
White Wyandotte 12H ih 594 99:9 500) ieee 
Black Langshan ... Figs he ri 97560 tooo 
Barred Plymouth Rock ... 8 eT A5 5 eae) ILO 
Light Brahma... si ax soem 92519 ts tS 
Black Minorea... ns 1h iy Oo 949 ‘ 
White Plymouth Rock ... ne vet 019 auth a : 
Buff Cochin » ... ee en eae Slee 49'9 7 
Hens— 
Single Comb Brown Leghorn... ior) 80:8, Sa pele 
Barred Plymouth Rock (late hatched)... 68:8 ..,. 1806 
Black Langshan ... sie 8 saul 4e7oh SCn ea MCGs 
Buff Cochin a a cH seal ANOS Ne on 
Barred Plymouth Rock ... as MebuIDh hemaee cer Ate 
White Wyandotte sat Abs wep) 8. og eee ‘| ; 
The leading breeds in this comparison are Brown Leghorn, Barred Phyo! 
Rock (counting the late hatch hens only), Black Langshan, and White Wyant 
If Silver Laced Wyandotte were represented by mature fowls as orny 
proportion as the pullets, they would stand second best in rank in eco? 
production. : 
As far as this record goes it shows that for high production, weight of oF 
produced, as well as for economy of production, pullets far outstrip hen 
POULTRY NOTES. ii 
Harcninc Gurse.—The first eggs can be set under hens. Put ae aol 
the bottom of the nest and fill in with a little loose dirt, shape up @ Me # iid 
cover an inch with short chaff. Five to eight eggs are enough for ® a3 
it is desirable to make the goose lay a second litter, she can be confine . 
from the rest when she shows signs of wanting to set. In a few days § 
start again usually. It takes about thirty days to hatch geese-egg* etme | 
usually lay every other day; sometimes they lay at night and SOMP ay, | 
during the day. The pen should be moved to fresh grass eve! pati 
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If possible sow some oats, wheat, or rye, and let them feed 0” i 0 
they will do better so treated. For the first few days feed the gosline® oy 
chopped boiled eggs mixed with stale bread, and finely chopped orem 
cabbage. Nettles, if procurable, make the best of green food ; they * fine 
be peculiarly adapted to young goslings; they should be chopped UP b 
After the fourth day feed the same as ducks. A mash of vegetables 4 be | 
cornmeal and grass, or anything green, makes a good feed. They sho" 
fed four or five times a day. yo 
Always have separate houses for ducks and geese. Keep the Hoo av? 
littered with straw or leaves, and do not let it become filthy. They mus of 
clean quarters to sleep in, especially during cold weather. During 
