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Table 26. continued. 



day (AL) is 0.019 inches per day during April, and expected feed conver- 

 sion is 1.2 pounds of feed per pound of growth. What is our new feeding 

 rate? 



Length, April 1st 



Growth, 13 days x 0.019 



Length, April 13th 



210,000 fish X 24.3 pounds/1,000 



3x 1.2 X 0.019 X 100 



% to feed daily 

 0.017X5,103 pounds 



3.93 



3.68 inches (20 pounds/1,000) 

 0.25 



3.93 inches (24.3 pounds/1,000) 

 5,103 pounds of fish, April 13th 



1.7% (0.017) 



87 pounds of feed required 

 daily, April 13th, for 

 210,000 fish. 



