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Show ESTIMATED COST OF RAISING PULLETS Seven Months' Time and 30 Pounds of Feed. Poukrymen should have available avail-able from $1 to $1.50 to spend for every pullet they can plan to raise, declares Charles N. Keen, assistant professor of poultry at the Colorado Colo-rado Agricultural college. "To bring into production a dual purpose pullet one which may be otllized for meat or egg production about seven months' time and 30 pounds of feed are required," Mr. Keen says. "To bring Into production produc-tion a pullet of the Leghorn type, about live and one-half months' time and 24 pounds of feed are necessary." Other interesting figures which have been compiled from authoritative authori-tative sources, but which are of course average figures, are given by Mr. Keen, who believes they will be of special Interest now that the new chick season is beginning. It is emphasized that good management manage-ment in most cases should produce better than average results. Since it generally takes about two eggs to get one husky chick, and since nearly three chicks must be hatched to get one good pullet, it has been estimated that it really requires about six eggs to obtain one good pullet. Several good authorities declare that it costs about ten cents to pro--duce a chick. A six-year-old Rhode Island Red should weigh about three-fourths of a pound. A six-week-old Single Comb White Leg horn should weigh about seven-tenths seven-tenths of a pound. A Rhode Island Red should weigh two pounds at about eleven weeks of age and should have consumed about 7.2 pounds of feed. A Single Comb White Leghorn should weigh one and one-half pounds at about ten weeks of age and should have consumed 6.5 pounds of feed. |