216 



ESPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 

 RATIONS FED TO ABOVE PEN 26. 



Whole grain ration ^ wheat i buckwheat ... 20 ozs. per day. 

 Mash — 2 parts shorts, 1 part oats ground, 



1 part ground barley 10 " every 3 days. 



Cut green bone 10 " " 



Koots 10 " 



Grit and oyster shells in sufficient quantity. 



COST OF RATIONS. 



Grain, 370 lbs. at 1^ cents per lb $4 63 



Mash, 122 lbs. at 1 cent per lb 1 22 



Cut bone, 24 lbs. at 2 cents per lb 48 



Roots, 35 lbs. at J cent per lb 18 



Grit and shell, 30 lbs 25 



— ~ $ 6 76 



■ " RECEIPTS FROM SALE OF EGGS. 



Value of eggs sold during the year 13 37 



Gain made $6 61 



or 66 cents per hen. 



Table No. 7. — Individual hen records by trap nests. Cross bred pullets. Pen No. 27. 

 FROM DECEIVIBER 1, 1904 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1905. 



RATIONS FED TO ABOVE PEN 27. 



Whole grain — Oats only 20 ozs. per day. 



Mash • 8 " 



Roots 1 lb. " 



Grit and oyster shells in regular supply. 



COST OF RATIONS. 



Oats, 408 lbs. at 1 cent per lb $ 4 08 



Mash, 178 lbs. at 1 cent per lb 1 78 



Roots, 154 lbs. at i cent per lb 77 



Grit and oyster shells, 30 lbs 25 



$ 6 88 



