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Show Poultryman's Profit in Fall and Winter Eggs Does your poultry flock return a good profit over the cost of feed during dur-ing the year? It has been found that when laying hens are fed all the grain they will consume Leghorns and similar sim-ilar breeds eat from 70 to 80 pounds of grain a year. Breeds like the Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, and Wyandotte eat from SO to 95 pounds. All breeds eat from 2 to 3 pounds of oyster shell and about 1 pound of grit a year. The average farm hen lays less than 60 eggs a year, principally from March to June, the season of lowest prices. Yearly profits on eggs depend largely on production in fall and winter, win-ter, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Rations for laying stock should include scratch grains, mashes, meat feed, green feed, mineral feed, grit, and drink. The scratch ration should be scattered through the litter in the poultry house so that the hens get plenty of exercise. |