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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 Rations with Gluten Meal and Clover Meal. 



To obtain some information as to the suitability of gluten meal and clover meal as 

 part of the ration, for fattening poultry, we compounded two rations : No. 1 containing 

 the former, and No. 2 the latter, maintaining the same protein ratio as in the ration used 

 in the tests * skim-milk versus water ', ' whole versus finely ground grain ', and ' pen 

 versus crate '. 



They were as follows : — 



No. 1. 



Ground oats 3 parts. 



Gluten meal 1 part. 



Both were fed mixed with skim-milk. 



No. 2. 



Ground oats 5 parts. 



Ground clover 5 n 



Meat meal | part. 



The experiments were made at the same time Avith Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels 

 of the same age (about 12 weeks), six being put on each ration. The pens with yards 

 attached were used and the feeding continued for six weeks. 



Table IX. — Gluten Meal and Clover Meal with Barred Plymouth Rock. 



Ration. 



No. 1.— Gluten Meal Ration. 



No. 2.— Clover Meal Ration. 



Ration No. 1. — (with gluten meal), valued at 1-3 cents per pound. All the 

 chickens on this feed did remarkably well, eating heartily but not abnormally. They 

 were healthy and lively throughout the feeding period. 



Ration No. 2. — (with clover meal), valued at 1-1 cents per pound. These birds ate 

 nearly 19 lbs more meal and 30 lbs. more skim-milk than those on ration No. 1, their 

 appetite apparently being abnormal. They did not exhibit the same healthy appearance 

 during the test as those on the gluten meal ration. From the large amount of excrement 

 produced it seemed evident that a considerable portion of the food was not digested. 



