The Farm-poultry . Farw-Poultry. 113 Notes and Comments on ExperimentClub Reports. startling contrasts,is a Pennsylvania From December Reports. ANORTH CAROLINA member sayshis hens seem to prefer rutabagatops to any other green food,tliough they have access every few days toa field of growing rye and clover. December reports show an increasingproportion of fair to good egg records,and consequently a larger number of re-ports in which the cost of eggs per dozenis down to sometliing like normal figures. Here, for instance, is a report for 25 R. I. Reds, (Mass.), 286 eggs; aver-age per hen, 1
The Farm-poultry . Farw-Poultry. 113 Notes and Comments on ExperimentClub Reports. startling contrasts,is a Pennsylvania From December Reports. ANORTH CAROLINA member sayshis hens seem to prefer rutabagatops to any other green food,tliough they have access every few days toa field of growing rye and clover. December reports show an increasingproportion of fair to good egg records,and consequently a larger number of re-ports in which the cost of eggs per dozenis down to sometliing like normal figures. Here, for instance, is a report for 25 R. I. Reds, (Mass.), 286 eggs; aver-age per hen, ; cost of food, $;cost eggs per doz., 12 cts.; value eggs, The next report I take up at randomhappens to be for 50 fr!. C. R. I. Reds,(Conn.), which gave 676 eggs; average perhen, ; cost of food, (estimated);cost eggs per doz., 17 cts.; value of eggs,$ Comparing these cases, we find the rela-tive profits almost tlie same; the greaterproduction in the second case being oft-set by greater cost of foo
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