. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. 422 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING is practically dead from the first of June until cool weather in the fall. The losses are so great, and the net returns so small, that the majority of the farmers hardly consider it worth while to collect their eggs at all during the summer months. It is a common thing to find fully hatched, live chicks in cases of market eggs from these sections. In fact, the heat damage and other l
. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. 422 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING is practically dead from the first of June until cool weather in the fall. The losses are so great, and the net returns so small, that the majority of the farmers hardly consider it worth while to collect their eggs at all during the summer months. It is a common thing to find fully hatched, live chicks in cases of market eggs from these sections. In fact, the heat damage and other losses are so heavy that producers do well to receive a net price of five cents per dozen. An average lot of summer southern eggs would candle about as follows: Light floats, 80 per cent; heavy floats, 15 per cent;. Fig. 272. >7eed nest. Nest in straw stack. {Courtesy U. S. Dep't Agriculture) -Stolen nests are responsible for a huge wastage of eggs. blood rings and checks, 5 per cent. As bakers' stock the light floats might bring twelve cents a dozen, the heavy floats five cents a dozen, and the blood rings nothing. Deduct for break- age, commission, candling, freight and haulage, and the net re- turns are insignificant. One in Four Lost.—As near as it can be estimated, the loss in southern and western eggs due to heat is one-fourth of the original value of the crop. For the entire country this element of waste is estimated at fully five per cent of the total valuation of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885-. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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