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Table I. — Composition of Foods Used in First Series of Poultry Feeding 



Experiments. 



FOOD. - a -5 o « 



a e g X 2 



p <j p^ <! fo C fe 



Perct. Perct. Peret. Perct. Perct. Perct. Perct. 



Mixture 1 11.8 13.6 19.8 17.4 3.7 45.4 5.7 



Mixture 2 13.9 3.9 19.9 18. G 6.5 52.9 3.8 



Animal meal 7.3 38.7 33.8 26.2 1.7 7.7 10.8 



Corn meal 14.8 1.4 8.7 8.7 1.6 70.1 3.4 



Wheat bran 14.7 6.3 15.7 14.7 9.1 49.4 4.8 



Ground oats 15.9 2.8 12.6 12.4 9.5 54.8 4.4 



Corn 15.1 1.4 9.5 9.4 1.4 68.9 3.7 



Wheat 15.7 1.8 10.0 9.7 2.3 67.9 1.7 



Oats 15.1 3.1 12.2 12.1 10.1 54.9 4.6 



Barley 14.1 2.6 10.8 10.4 4.6 65.9 2.0 



Alfalfa, green 78.1 1.9 4.2 5.8 9.1 .9 



Alfalfa hay 16.0 9.1 16.8 23.2 32.6 2.3 



EXPERIMENT WITR CHICKS. 



In two lots of this series of experiments the chicks were two 

 weeks old when the experiment began, in all the others one week 

 old. Lots I, III, V, VII and IX were fed the ration containing 

 animal meal and Lots II, IV, VI, VIII and X were fed the con- 

 trasted ration. At the start Lot I was similar in every way to 

 Lot 11. The same was true of Lots III and IV, V and VI, VII, 

 and VIII, and IX and X. After the first four lots had been fed 

 for eight weeks the cockerels were removed and a number of 

 pullets from Lots I and III were fed for ten weeks in comparison 

 with an equal number from Lots II and IV. Later, chicks from 

 Lots V and VII after removal of many of the cockerels were fed 

 together in comparison with others from Lots VI and VIII. 



The chicks in Lots I and II were Leghorns, those in III and 

 IV mostly Leghorns with a few Wyandottes. Half of those in 

 Lots V, VI, VII and VIII were Leghorns and half Wyandottes 

 and crosses. In Lots IX and X somewhat more than half the 

 chicks were Wyandottes and crosses and the remainder Leghorns. 



The records of feeding and statements of the results follow in 

 tabulated form, the averages in most cases being for 14-day 

 periods. 



