Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1879 — Eggs per Pound and per Annum. [ARTICLE]

Eggs per Pound and per Annum.

A series of experiments with the different varieties of fowls give the following results: - Leghorns lay 160 eggs per annum 8 to the pound. Dominiques lav 150 eggs per annum 9 to the pound. Plymouth Rocks lay 150 eggs per annum 8 to the pound. Hamburgs lay 150 eggs per annum 9 to the pound.. Black Spanish lay 140 eggs per annum 7 to the pound. Houdana lay 140 eggs per annum 7 to the pound. ~ Bantams lay 140 eggs per annum 16 to the pound. Light Brahmas lay 130 eggs per annum 7 to the pound. Partridge Cochins lay 130 eggs per annum 7 to the pound. Game lay 130 eggs per annum 9 to the pound. Dark Brahmas lay 120 eggs per annum 8 to the pound. Black, White and Buff Cochins lay 115 eggs pet- annum-8 to the pound.