POULTRY EXPERIMENTS. 



II 



CHICKENS FED WITH MEAT MEAL IX RATION. 



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 c 

 c 



a 



Group 1. 



Four White Wyandottes 

 Four White Wyandottes 

 Four Plymouth Rocks .. 

 Four Plymouth Rocks . . 

 Four White Wyandottes 



Total weights 



Increase in weights 



Lbs. 



1.10 

 .82 



1.10 

 .87 

 .67 



.915 



Pounds of dry grain mixture used ill the test, 221. 



Pounds of mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 12.07 



Age of birds at beginning of test, 161 days. 



Average weight of birds at beginning of test, 5.14 pounds. 



CHICKENS FED WITHOUT MEAT FOOD IN RATION. 



c. 

 c 

 c 



Group 2. 



Live Weights during Test. 



4S 



s 



o 



c 



w 



o 



O 



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 S 



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Increase. 



a 



b 



9 



10 



Four White Wyandottes 

 Four Plymouth Rocks .. 

 Four Plymouth Rocks 

 Four White Wyandottes 

 Four White Wyandottes 



Total weights 



Increase in weights 



Pounds of dry grain mixture used in the test, 214. 



Pounds of mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 14.96. 



Age of birds at beginning of test, 161 days. 



Average weight of birds at beginning of test, 5.22 pounds. 



Lbs. 

 .35 

 .70 



1.25 

 .57 

 .70 



.715 



