DIVISIOX OF POULTRY 



971 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Table No. 13. — Showing- gain or loss on different rations, feed consumed and condi- 

 tion of birds after a period of feeding. 



Ration. 



So. 1 Scalpings 



II 2 Scalpings and mash . . 



" 3 Screenings 



., 4 Screenings and mash . 



<i 5 Black seeds 



1. 6 Black seeds and mash 



II 7 Black seeds (boiled). . 



II 8 Black seeds and mash 



(boiled) 



II 9 Mustard and corn. . . . 

 II 10 Mustard aud corn and 



mash 



II 11 Tumbling mufetard . . . 

 II 12 Tumbling mustard 



and mash 



„ 13 Wild buckwheat 



II 14 Wild buckwheat and 



mash 



I. 15 Lambs' quarters 



II 16 Lambs' quarters and 



mash 



II 17 Corn and oats 



II 18 Corn and oats 



Weight 

 at 

 beginning 

 of 

 experi- 

 ment. 



Lb. Oz. 



18 

 19 



21 



20 

 20 

 21 

 20 



20 



19 



19 

 20 



20 

 20 



19 

 20 



19 

 20 

 20 



11 



No. 



of days on 



feed. 



16 days. 

 16 ,1 



KM 7 



3i' 8 



3 



H 



3i 



9i 

 1 



6 



16 

 16 



16 



9 

 16 



16 

 6 



10 6 

 14 11 



4 !lG 



11 16 



7 16 



Feed 

 consumed. 



Lb. Oz. 



21 



22 



14 



4 



4 



11 



16 



21 



4 



6 

 5 



9 

 11 



10 



4 



10 

 19 

 19 



8 

 



10 

 8 



13 

 4 



11 



15 







2 



14 



8 



9 

 6 



9 



8 



8 



Weight 



at 

 close of 

 ex- 

 periment. 



Lb. Oz. 



24 

 24 



22 

 19 

 18 

 21 

 20 



18 



19 



17 



20 

 23 



22 



18 



16 



26 

 25 



4 

 15 



5 



8 



2 



14* 



22 13i 



1 



m 



3 



H 



r? 

 I 



Total 



gain or 



loss. 



Lb, On. 



+ 



+ 5 



+ 

 -1 

 -2 

 + 

 -0 



4-2 



-0 

 -2 



-0 

 + 3 



+ 3 

 -2 



-2 



15 1+6 

 1.% +5 



5 



n 



2A 

 U 



6 

 10 

 15 



2i 



2^ 



7 



12 

 4 



8i 



Average 



daily 



increase or 



loss 

 per bird. 



Oz. 



+ 1-32 

 + 1-36 



+ 011 

 -0 64 

 -105 

 + 018 

 -0 09 



+ 65 



-0 41 



-005 

 -0-58 



-0-19 



+ 202 



+ 210 

 -0-84 



-0 68 

 + 1-56 

 + 1-54 



Condition 



of 



birds to 



date. 



Bright. 

 Fairly 

 bright. 



Du'l, 



Fairly 

 bright. 



Dull. 

 Bright. 

 Dull. 

 Bright. 



Note. — The tables in this experiment are so numerous that it has been thought 

 wiser to give only a summary of the results here, and prepare a bulletin showing these 

 in detail. 



Ration No. 1. — Scalpings. The larger material such as broken and shrunken 

 wheat and the larger weed seeds contained in screenings. Ground fine and mixed with 

 butter-milk. The birds did not take fb the food very readily and from the fourth 

 day had to be crammed one meal a day for four days when they seemed to acquire an 

 appetite for the ration and fed very well until the end of the feeding period. 



Ration No. 2. — One part scalpings, as in No. 1 ration, and one part mash. The 

 birds took to the mash only fairly until the fourth day when cramming was resorted 

 to once a day until the ninth day, when they took to the mash fairly well. 



Ration No. 5.— Screenings as sold from the elevators. This contained a good deal 

 of wheat and other seeds and was composed practically of everything that is sifted out 

 of the wheat in the way of small graiii and seeds, both good and bad. The birds did 

 not take to this feed very readily, and from the fourth to the seventh day, inclusive, 

 were crammed, after which they ate enough to keep alive. 



Ration No. If. — Screenings and mash. This consisted of one part screenings, as 

 No. 3 and one part mash. The ration was not palatable and on the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth days the birds were crammed, after which they ate a little of the feed until the 

 end of the experiment. 



Ottawa. 



