Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1919 — LEGHORNS PRODUCE CHEAPEST EGGS [ARTICLE]

LEGHORNS PRODUCE CHEAPEST EGGS

Leghorns produce eggs cheaper than hens of the general purpose breeds —Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, and Orpingtons. This fact, which confirms the belief and experience of commercial poultry farmers, was one of the results obtained in a rather extensive feeding test recently reported by poultrymen of the department of agriculture. Because they lay as many or more eggs, eat only about 55 pounds of feed per head as compared with 70 to 85 pounds eaten by the general-purpose breeds, and because their egg yield very materially exceeds that of gen-eral-purpose breeds during their second and third laying years, Leghorns undoubtedly are more profitable to keep for the production of eggs only. The Leghorns produce slightly smaller eggs than the general-purpose breeds and the value per dozen of their eggs was from 1 to 3 cents less each year than the eggs of generalpurpose hens. This difference is due to the fact that the general-purpose breeds are better winter layers than the Leghorns, while the latter give a higher production in the spring and summer. \