Show GRAIN CONSUMED FOR DOZEN EGGS EGOS Cost of Production Depends on Quality and Price e of Feed Given to Flock ALi ALL CEREALS ARE EXPENSIVE Experiments Have Been Conducted on Government Poultry Farm to Determine De Dc termine Cost of Feed Necessary to Produce Eggs ggs red Prepared by the United States Department Depart Depart- ment of ct Agriculture In poultry keeping as as' In any other business the tho aim Is to keep down ex ex- ex- ex If they almost or totally equal the returns s then no matter how productive the flock Is there Is little profit for Its owner One of the largest Items of ot expense expense expense ex- ex pense which the man or woman raising poultry today has bas Is the grain that Is fed the birds Every ery kind of cereal Is expensive In comparison com corn parison with former days especially S 5 ir Leghorn Pullets R Require quire 48 Pounds of Feed to Produce One Dozen Eggs I Icorn corn and wheat which are usually considered the best poultry grains As the quantity of the grain consumed enters Into the cost of producing eg eggs quite as well as the price of the gr grain ln experiments have bave been conducted on eu the government poultry farm to determine determine deter deter- determine mine the amount of ot feed required to produce a dozen eggs Results of the Experiments The purpose general pullets used In Inthis Inthis Inthis this experiment ate In a year an average a av of 67 pounds of ot feed per dozen eggs produced and the yearling gen gen- purpose eral-purpose birds ate 96 90 pounds The Leghorn pullets ate 48 pounds and the yearlings 55 5 pounds From these figures It Is seen that the purpose general pullets ate 19 pounds more feed teed In producing a I S Sk k kS S 5 S S 'S 5 A Good Type of Hen to Select for Winter Laying dozen eggs than the Leghorn pullets The difference Increases very ery rapidly with the age of ot the stock the gen geu- purpose eral yearlings consumed 41 41 pounds more feed per dozen egg eggs than the Leghorn yearlings As the price of grains varies greatly In dl different dif di ferent sections only the grain consumed con cork s med and not the cost of ot It Is In the accompanying table Natu Naturally the grain consumed per dozen eggs will depend very material materially ly upon bow how successfully the hens bens are fed ted and managed In these feeding I experiments on the United States deI department department de de- de- de I of agriculture poultry farm I several different pens of birds were u used ed In each class to eliminate error as far as ns possible The Tue purpose general fowls used In Inthe Inthe Inthe the experiments produced an nn average yield egg egg yIeld of 1305 eggs as pullets and as yearlings while the Leghorns produced an average of 1387 eggs as pullets and 1240 1249 eggs hs ns yearlings The value of the purpose general breeds for market or for hatching and breeding makes them usually the most st desirable ble breed for the general genera farmer and the ba backyard poultry raiser while the Leghorns are especially especially espe espe- adapted to commercial e egg g rais rals ing lag Mon Monthly Record o of Total Consumed Per P Dozen I and Egg YIeld Per Hen HenIn HenS Henin In Experiments ime ts Conducted on Government nt Poultry Farm S a St S purpose General purpose General Leghorn Leghorn S 'S S pullets yearlings pullets yearlings I 5 Feed Feed Feed Feed S S S per Eggs per Eggs per Eggs Egg per Eggs Month dOlen dozen per dozen per dozen per I dozen per perS S S eggs eggs eggs' hen eggs hen eggs eggs eggs' hen eggs hen Lbs No Lbs N No Lbs No Lbs No 81 81 3 24 December 74 J 26 53 91 30 January 99 59 25 66 70 February 65 55 i 1 5 64 58 March 55 5 85 93 47 51 April 46 57 57 33 36 May 44 o 53 30 33 June 47 61 10 32 34 S 53 63 j 99 75 86 6 49 49 j 39 AUgust 69 93 93 76 no 48 ioa 63 53 September 92 76 15 67 67 86 36 ft O 7 71 74 October 50 49 9 63 53 39 9 November 62 2 4 j Average or 1305 93 48 43 1387 5 55 1249 |