POULTRY EXPERIMENTS. 



TWENTY-FIVE CHICKENS (MATES TO THOSE IN TABLE NEXT PRECEDING 

 THIS) CONFINED IN SMALL HOUSES AND FED 21 DAYS ON SAME FOOD 

 MIXTURE AS THOSE IN TABLE REFERRED TO. 



Pounds dry meal mixture used, 189. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 16.87. 



FEEDING TEST NO. "J. 



The conditions were the same as with Xo. 6 except that the 

 porridge was made by use of skim-milk instead of water. The 

 results are given in the tables which follow : 



CHICKENS IN SMALL COOPS. 

 FEED MIXED WITH MILK. 



Pounds of dry uieal mixture used, 144. 



Pounds of skim milk used, 290. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 8.22. 



Length of feeding period, 21 days. 



Age of chickens at commencement of test, 160 days. 



