New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



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Table I. — Composition of Materials Fed to Poultry. 



FOOD. 



Water. 



Ash. Protein. 



Nitrogen 

 Fibre . free 

 extract. 



Fat. 



Perct. 



Grain mixture, No. 1... 12.3 



Grain mixture, No. 2... 10.1 



Grain mixture, No. 3... 12.9 



Corn meal 13.3 



Wheat bran 12.6 



Ground oats 10 . G 



Oat meal (granulated).. 10.1 



Cracked corn 13.5 



Wheat 13.6 



Animal meal 6.3 



Dried blood 8.6 



Curd 67.3 



Skim-milk 90.5 



Fresh bone 34 . 2 



Alfalfa (green) 78.. 1 



Alfalfa bay 16.0 



FIRST FEEDING TRIAL WITH CHICKS. 



The feeding trial with the first two lots of chicks began when 

 they were one-half week old and continued until the pullets were 

 nearly full grown and some had commenced laying. . The records 

 of feeding and the results follow in tabulated form, averaged most 

 of the time for periods of two weeks. As the chicks approached 

 maturity and the growth was slow the feeding periods were longer. 

 Lot I had the ration which contained animal meal and Lot II the 

 contrasted ration. While about the same amount of protein was 

 supplied per fowl in the two rations, that containing the animal 

 meal had somewhat the wider nutritive ratio. 

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