Show No Raiser Can Report Profit From Dead Hens Dead hens make the largest Item ot of flock depreciation and this depre depre- depreciation depreciation elation Is 18 the third largest Item next to feed and labor Jabor or about fifth of ot the total expense of the laying flock fiock says ays Prof Prot E E G 0 Mis- Mis Misner ncr MIs-ncr tier ner of ot the New Nev York State College ot of Agriculture after a study of g 92 New York state flocks In 1930 The percentage of ot mortality varied from 3 to 73 per cent of ot the aver aver- average average average age number of laying birds The mortality averaged a 23 per cent with no between large or small flocks When hens are valued at 1 1 each at the beginning of the lay laying ing season and are worth 75 cents nt at the end of ot the year a mortality of 10 per cent makes the deprecIatIon depreciation tion 3 1 cents to the hen ben It If the mortality were 40 per cent the de de- depreciation depreciatIon de- de depredation predation to the bird would be 69 cents Professor Misner Mistier warns to give close attention to disease and parasite control I |