6 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9O2. 



SIXTY-RIGHT CHICKENS (MATES TO THOSE IN GROUPS 1 AND 2) CON- 

 FISED IN SMALL HOUSE AND YARD, AND FED 28 DAYS, ON SAME 

 FOOD AS THOSE IN GROUP 2. 



Pounds of dry meal mixture used, 469.5. 



Pounds of skim milk used, 934. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 4.03. 



FEEDING TEST NO. 6. 



The purposes and conditions were the same as with No. 4 

 excepting that the chickens were 160 days old. This test was 

 continued 21 days. The results are given in the following 

 tables : 



CHICKENS IN SMALL COOPS. 



FEED MIXED WITH WATER. 



Pounds of dry meal mixture used, 152. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 9.74. 



Length of feeding period, 21 days. 



Age of chickens at commencement of test, 760 days. 



