4 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I902. 



together, without cutting the laths. The laths ran lengthwise of 

 the coops on bottom, top and back, but on the front they were 

 placed upright, and two inches apart, so that the chickens could 

 feed through between them readily. V-shaped troughs with 

 three inch sides were placed in front of and about two inches 

 above the level of the floor of the coops. 



FEEDING TEST NO. 4. 



On July 25th 20 Plymouth Rock cockerels that were 95 days 

 old, and even in size and thrift were put in five of the coops 

 and fed twice daily for 28 days on porridge made from a mixture 

 of 100 pounds of corn meal, 100 pounds of wheat middlings, and 

 40 pounds of animal meal mixed up with cold water. They 

 were fed all they would eat twice each day. On the same day 

 that these birds were cooped, 68 of their mates, of the same age 

 and quality, were put in a chicken house 9 by 11 feet in size, 

 with an attached yard 15 by 20 feet. There were no green plants 

 in this yard. These birds were fed in the same way, and on the 

 same material as their mates in the small coops. The results are 

 shown in the tables that follow : 



CHICKEN'S IN" SM.VLL COOPS. 

 FEED MIXED WITH WATER. 



Pounds of dry meal mixture used, 240. 



Pounds of mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 8.92. 



Age of chickens Rt commencement of test, 95 days. 



