. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. CHANGES IN EGG PRODUCTION. 109 December it should not be hard to improve production in other months, where necessary. Hence, emphasis is laid on winter production, so called, as at this season eggs bring two to two and one-half times the price paid in April. The producer who can secure a 50 per cent jaeld in those months will reap the reward due to his ability, at least in the immediate future, while if the methods by which such a yield is obtained become common practice, the consumer will benefit through lower prices and
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. CHANGES IN EGG PRODUCTION. 109 December it should not be hard to improve production in other months, where necessary. Hence, emphasis is laid on winter production, so called, as at this season eggs bring two to two and one-half times the price paid in April. The producer who can secure a 50 per cent jaeld in those months will reap the reward due to his ability, at least in the immediate future, while if the methods by which such a yield is obtained become common practice, the consumer will benefit through lower prices and steady supply. While the producer may not continue to reap the harvest due to pioneer methods, his business will be on a firm basis, with the period of all outgo and no income eliminated. The desirability of increased fall and winter production is made clearer by a comparison of the station flocks with certain farm contest flocks in Missouri as reported by Townsley (1920). The latter's average Novem- ber production for the last four years ranges from to per hen, being eggs each for nearly 25,000 birds in 1920. The best flock of 124 birds averaged eggs each. On the other hand, a flock of high-line birds of similar size at this station averaged 18 eggs each. If all the flocks of the country were as good layers as this particular flock, â and there is no biological reason why they should not be, â⢠it is apparent that both consumer and producer would benefit. EGGS OCTl 80 DEC. I 40. ''^^â ' '\i--\2 -la-M '"-'^ "-'^ '"'-â '^ "'"'^ "'^''^ ''^''^° '^°''^' Fia. 5. â Winter Production and Date of First Egg for Flocks of 1912-20. Solid line represents mean winter production. Up to but not including 1917-18, the mean for the entire flock is given. From 1917-18 on, it is for the high line only. L-L', low line. B-B', original high line. H, mean of several high families in 1916-17. ] NB, mean of low-broody flock. 4128cf and 3003cf
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