Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1913 — Hen at Purdue Laid 443 Eggs In Two Years-Some Record. [ARTICLE]

Hen at Purdue Laid 443 Eggs In Two Years-Some Record.

Miss Purdue, a White Leghorn hen weighing 3% pounds, and owned by Purdue University, laid 443 eggs in two years and established a record that has made her one of (the most famous biddies of the age. The eggs which she laid have a total weight of 41.5 founds and to produce them she consumed 132 pounds of feed. The eggs sold for an average price or 27.5 cents per dozen and their combined value was slO.ll, wthile the food she ate only cost $1.93. Miss Purdue thus made a profit of $9.06 in two years. If It were possible to raise a large flock of hens that would do this well we would all want to be in (the poultry business. Besides laying so many eggs, Miss Purdue has raised eight sons and eight daughters, who are expected to engage in the egg production game, and if they perform as successfully as their mother they will prove a great benefit to humanity.