Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1914 — Produces Remarkable Hen. [ARTICLE]

Produces Remarkable Hen.

Purdue university's poultry department has produced an extraordinary hen, and poultry fanciers and *hoee calculating entering the business of raising poulisr might well deveto some time to a consideration of the record established by her. Miss Purdue, for so the hen has been named, is a White Leghorn, and during th&last two years has produced 443 eggsf weighing 41.5 pounds. A register is kept of her performance and the records are beyond any question. Miss Purdue weighs only three and one-half pounds, but in the time mentioned above she produced 11.8 times her weight She was a gourmand and consumed over 132 pounds of feed, a feat which will surprise a great many people. From every pound of feed, Miss Purdue produced three and one-half eggs. She manufactured one pound of eggs from every 3.2 pounds of feed. The efficiency of the engine In the body of this small bird is indeed wonderful. She is considered one of the most efficient producers of a finished produqb from raw material that ever existed. Agriculturists

acknowledge that a steer produces a pound of beef from 12 pounds of feed, and that a hog requires four pounds before it can make a pound of pork. It cost $1.93 to feed the little lady for two years, but the value of her eggs at market price in La Fayette, Ind-, was slO.ll. Every dozen sold for 27.4 cents, but they cost only 6.2 cents to manufacture. If it were possible tc find many such hens as Purdue found in this bird, it would be easy to get rich from poultry. t Miss Purdue made a profit of $9 over the cost of feyd in two years. Her own value at the start was not over a dollar. Hens are certainly interesting little creatures and moneymakers for their owners. Moreover, this little pride of the poultry depart ment has produced eight sons and eight daughters, who are expected to be the progenitors of a race ot heavy layers. ';.