Show I1C rmltifllon A writer on poultry topics A M Ilulitoad soy Some year since a tabulated state meat went the rounds of the press showing that a bell could not poMlbly lay moro than COO elI In tier natural Rte Tho number was pirctled out ni follows The tint > ear after birth IS la 20 second year 100 to 10 third year ISO to 133 fourth year 100 to 115 lift h year 00 to 80 sixth year 10 to tff seunlh year S5 to 40 eighth year 15 to SO Thla table was aaiumed and baM I upon a nilcroneoplt Invfittlgatlon of the ovarlum of a hen by Borne Dmupeon secant For one Mlenci i wee wrong Iteeently number of per ana have kept careful fount and have found an egg production of nearly 1000 during the eight or nine ears of a hen life 1 myself have had a yield of over MO e < < 1I1tr hen In t1l0 peers averaging 175 yearly from n nock of I Creve urii end my llrown leghorn yearly exceed that record Two year since from a nock of 01 liens at first I of which two died In Icbruary coil 1 March and 31 were killed for this table prior lo July I gathered between Jnn IIAry 1 and September 10357 cgg Taking 43 ni the average number of hem through the reason this give an average of IIS egg per hen per season sea-son of eight months Of these fit hem SS were llronn Leghorn 0 Unlit llruh mm I Plymouth hock and the ret ero crosses < < and mongrels Had the I nock been nil Leghorn 1 have no doubt but that the average would have been fully 175 eggs per hen I This production of eggs may bo forced by iiiltable feeding and inbreeding In-breeding for pronto It should be done I Assuming tho table given I I oboe to bo correct In proportion ot the egg laid i at certain age of the fowl It follow a that lo get the full value of the egg production we mint keep hen until the fourth jear If by proper feeding and attention no can cause her to lay threefourths or more ot that possible number during the first L1Io car wo can then fatten her for market and nil her place In tho yard by younger fowls 10 go through tho ammo forcing process It I fully to feed and keep a hen for four car when true bulk other ot-her product may lie obtained from her In half that lime I ihould therefore advlio fitting her for market aa auon na shun has finished the belt of her fee end leaionc lnlng which li I usually about June Tha rock may be kept till Ihrco years old It desired hut iitunlly t 10 yearn will be found this most profitable age to market them In the old time It wan a good Hock of lieni that averaged 50 egg per annum Now an average of 100 IB I esteemed es-teemed n low figure 150 per head being be-ing considered this necamiry number to entitle it Hock to bo called good tapers Wo frequently hear of Instance where an accrues of 200 and upward have been produced by smail sited flocks bill Hide are exception to Iho rule |