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4.4 pounds for Lot IX and 6.8 pounds for Lot X. During four 

 weeks after the cockerels were removed Lot X consumed about 

 5 per ct. more food than Lot IX but the latter made 24 per ct. 

 greater gain in weight. The dry matter in the food for each 

 pound gain in weight was 5.1 pounds for Lot IX and 6.5 pounds 

 for Lot X. During the following four weeks about 14 per ct. 

 more food was eaten by Lot IX and only about 4 per ct. greater 

 gain made. The dry matter in the food for each pound gain 

 was about 5.6 pounds for Lot IX and 5.2 pounds for Lot X. 



relative economy of the eations foe chicks. 



The cost of food per pound gain in weight for Lot I was 4.1 

 cents and for Lot II 4.4 cents. Tor Lot III it was 5.1 cents and 

 for Lot IV 4.5 cents. For the ten weeks with the pullets of the 

 combined lots the cost was Y.T cents for Lots I and III and 8.3 

 cents for Lots II and TV. 



The food cost of the growth made during the first eleven 

 weeks by Lot V was 4,9 cents and of that made by Lot VI was 

 5.0 cents. The cost of that made during this time by Lot VII 

 was 5.1 cents and of that made by Lot VIII 5.4 cents. When 

 the pullets from the combined lots were fed for four weeks longer 

 the cost of the gain made by the birds from Lots V and VII was 

 3.9 cents and of that made by Lots VI and VIII 4.3 cents. After 

 adding to these lots some more matured pullets from the earlier 

 lots, the one combined lot of older birds, from I, III, V and VII, 

 made for a month a slow and costly gain while the others, from 

 II, IV, VI and VIII, whose growth had been slower, still made 

 good gains at moderate cost. The food cost of the gain made by 

 Lot IX was 5.5 cents and of that made by Lot X 8.0 cents per 

 pound. 



Owing to the large proportion of Leghorns among the chicks, 

 heavy average weights were never reached, but average weights 

 of one, two and three pounds were always attained much sooner 

 by the chicks having the animal food ration. The first four lots 

 reached the average weip^ht of one-half pound at about the same 



