REPORT OF TEE POULTRY MANAGER 225 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Table VI. — Skim-milk versus Water. 

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



Rhode Island Red and Orpington. — Commenced August 1. These chickens were 

 about 2^ months old when the experiment began. They made a fair but somewhat 

 uneven growth. The pen receiving skim-milk made the larger increase in weight, and 

 produced that increase at a less cost per pound. The amount of meal eaten was almost 

 the same in both pens, but the additional skim-milk made the total cost of food in 

 ration A somewhat greater (see Table VI). Nevertheless, as already stated, the skim- 

 milk ration proved the more profitable. 



Barred Plymouth Rock. — Commenced September 8. Age of chickens, between 2\ 

 and 3 months. The fowls exhibited more general thrift than those of the previous 

 experiment, the gains being larger and more regular. The results again furnish evidence 

 as regards the superiority of the skim-milk ration ; indeed, the testimony on this point 

 is more emphatic, for the cost of production was 1 cent per pound of increase less than 

 with the water-mash pen, while in the former test it was only ^ cent. 



These fowls were fasted, killed and dressed, and weights taken of their various 

 parts. 



Proportion of Edible and Non-edible parts, calculated on weight of chicken a.s 

 killed. 



The milk ration chickens were decidedly better in appearance, being plumper and 

 slightly yellower and were considered on cooking to furnish a juicier, richer flavoured 

 meat. 



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