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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 Skim-milk versus Water. 



To ascertain the value of skim-milk in fattening poultry. 



This experiment was conducted in duplicate, in the one case employing an equal 

 number of Rhode Island Red and Orpington in each pen, and in the other, made con- 

 siderably later in the season, Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



The ration consisted of : — 



Ground oats 4 parts. 



G round barley 3 ti 



Meat meal 1 n 



Protein ratio 

 1: 3 94. 



For six birds in each experiment this was mixed with skim-milk ; for the remaining 

 six, ivater was used in making the mash. 



Both feeding trials were carried on in the pens with runs attached, and were of six 

 weeks duration. 



Table V. — Skim-milk versus "Water 

 No. 5. — Rhode Island Red and Orpington. No. 6.— Barred Plymouth Rock. 



