. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . ^BKBBHB 69—THE TOLMAN HOUSE IN WINTER laid 197 the second year and 186 the first; hen No. 68 laid 1S5 the second year and 183 the first. Averaging the results of all individual hens for which we have two years' records, we have the following: Thirteen Brown Leghorns laid an average of 193 eggs the first year per hen and 157 the second, as shown in table No. 32; four White Leghorns averaged 1
. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . ^BKBBHB 69—THE TOLMAN HOUSE IN WINTER laid 197 the second year and 186 the first; hen No. 68 laid 1S5 the second year and 183 the first. Averaging the results of all individual hens for which we have two years' records, we have the following: Thirteen Brown Leghorns laid an average of 193 eggs the first year per hen and 157 the second, as shown in table No. 32; four White Leghorns averaged 183 the first year and 95 the second; five Barred Plymouth Rocks averaged 154 eggs the first year and 110 the second; sixteen White Wj'andottes averaged 170 the first year and 111 the second; three White Pl3-mouth Rocks averaged 192 the first j'ear and 129 the second. There are forty-one hens of the different breeds for which individual records are complete for two years, and we find that they averaged 178 eggs per fowl the first year and 125 the second, or forty per cent more the first year than the second. These results refer to yearly records. The question whether the hen or the pullet is the better winter layer, is of importance. The forty-one individual hens whose records were kept, laid 916 eggs as pullets before February 1st, and as 3 ear-old hens thej' laid only 437 to the same date. This would show that the pullets not only lay more eggs during the year than the hens, but they a larger proportion of them in winter than the hens.
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