The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-01
FEED COST OF PRODUCING EGGS
What Records OF Cost at the Government
Poultry Farm Show for Leghorn
and General Purpose Breeds.

Washington, d. G., Sept. 1.-The cost
of feed for producing eggs with pullet,
and yearing hens both from Leghorn.
and from general purpose breeds, in the
Experiments ON the United States dc,
partment OF agriculture farm, Beltsvile
Md, during the past year, even with the
high price of grains, has been consider.
ably lower than the price received for
nearby fresh eggs.
Leghorn pullets ate an average of as
pounds Of feed in producing dozen eggs.
| The feed costs an average 1870 cents per
dozen eggs produced by the flock The
cost of feed per dozen eggs varied from
% cents in July to Ala cents in Novem-
her, when, during the moutng season,
the flock continued to eat, but, of course,
produced fewest eggs The number Of
pounds and the cost of the feed con-
sumed per dozen eggs for each four.week
period during the year were as follows.
beginning December l; Pounds Of feed,
53, &C, 81, a., 3.3, 3, 80, 40, as, SO,
1913 and 1874 cost of feed, II. 1874, 1871,
1875, 1913, 10, 10, 10, %, 90, l6.s, 22.4
and il.4 cents.
Leghorn ,yearling hens ate on an aver
age SIS pounds Of feed per dozen eggs
produced The average cost of feed per
dozen eggs produced by the flock was IA
cents. The cost of feed per dozen eggs
varied from 10 cents in July to 1868
(S2.663) in November tmoulting period.
The number of pounds and the cost of
the feed consumed per dozen eggs pro-
duced by the flock for each four week
period beginning December | were as fol-
lows: Pounds Of feed. 20.3, 10, SIS, 81. 80,
33, 3.3, 3.4. 80, So, IL, 30s and 1857;
cost of feed $50, PAS, l47 l47, Ill, IL,
II, 1916, 10, l0l, 1879, 64.3 and 1868
cents.
The general purpose breeds ate consid
erably more feed than the Leghorns, the
pullets consuming an average of 81
pounds Of feed and the yearling hens 90
pounds in the production of a dozen eggs
The feed cost averaged 1875 cents per
dozen eggs for the pullets, varying from
III TO 2S.9 cents; and for the yearlings
averaged 2i.5 cents, ranging from 1879 20
sl.3 cents The number of pounds and
the cost OF the feed consumed by the pull |
lets in producing dozen eggs for each |
four-week period beginning November
were as follows: Pounds Of feed, 100. IA, |
and al; cost Of feed, PA, I6.s, 2T1. IA
1913, 5.5, SIS. 40. a., A., Al, SO, so. o.
1876. 1913, I47, 1876, al. Ill, 1872, ITO
and $50,
For the general purpose yearling hens
the amounts per dozen eggs were as fol.
lows Pounds of feed, 346, 329, ser,
1876 So, 81, SO, 6.t, ga. rs. 7.6, 10 and
81; cost of feed, TT. 745. sl.3, %, 24.5. !
III, III, 20.3, 20, $50, las. 1915 and 43l
cents.
The average cost Of the mash and of
he scratch mixture per 100 pounds for
zach month, beginning in July, 1916, was
As follows: Mash, $ls2, Sl.s5, $I.sS,
SOP, $2lo S2.24, 1888, PAP. S2T0, S2.9e,
'29S and S2S4; scratch mixture, Sl.90,
,I9s, 5000, $500, $3.50, 1920, 1894,
2 $50, $305, 1925, S36s and S34l. The
'ost Of the feed used in producing eggs
an be figured from the amount of feed
equired to make dozen eggs at differ
mt periods throughout the year or feed
,rices may be compared with those used
n this work.