324           Some Factors Affecting the Internal Quality of Hen Eggs

                                              TABLE IV

Weekly average thick white percentages of eggs from the different breeds for the
                                    entire experimental period

Week ending

Average percentages of thick white

White
Leghorn

Rhode Island
Red

Desi

7 March 1940 . . . . .

56

53

57

14 March 1940. . . . .

58

54

59

21 March 1940. . . . .

55

52

56

28 March 1940. . . . .

56

54

57

4 April 1940 . . . . .

52

49

54

11 April 1940 . . . . .

50

48

52

18 April 1940 . . . . .

49

46

50

25 April 1940 . . . . .

48

47

49

2 May 1940 . . . . .

45

44

46

9 May 1940 . . . . .

48

40

46

16 May 1940 . . . . .

44

37

43

23 May 1940 . . . . .

43

40

48

30 May 1940 . . . . .

52

44

46

6 June 1940 . . . . .

44

39

46

13 June 1940 . . . . .

50

40

50

20 June 1940 . . . . .

54

48

51

27 June 1940 . . . . .

52

49

56

4 July 1940 . . . . .

46

44

48

11 July 1940 . . . . .

50

45

47

18 July 1940 . . . . .

50

40

44

25 July 1940 . . . . .

45

43

47

31 July 1940 . . . . .

46

38

44