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Grain Rations. 



Group I — 

 Cornmeal, 5 parts . . 

 Shorts, 4 parts .... 

 Pearl oat dust, 1 part 

 Animal meal, 1 part 



Group II — 

 Cornmeal, 2 parts. 

 Ground buckw't, 2 



parts 



Pearl oat dust, 1 part 



Group III — 

 Cornmeal, 4 parts. 

 Ground buckw't, 2 



parts 



Pearl oat dust,2prts 



Group IV — 



Cornmeal, 2 parts. 

 Pearl oat dust, 1 part 



Group V — 

 Pearl oat dust 



cost 

 J- per cwt., 



$1.10 



I 



Cost 



percwt., 



$1.23 



Cost 



-percwt., 



tfl .22 j 



Cost 



percwt,, 



$1.23 



? Cost 

 percwt., 

 $1.50 



No. of 

 trials. 



First trial 

 Second " 

 Third " 

 Average 



* First trial 

 Second " 

 Third " 

 Average 



First trial 

 Second " 

 Third " 

 Average 



First trial 

 Second " 

 Third " 

 Average 



First trial 

 Second " 

 Third " 

 Average 



£ a/ 

 J. += 

 — 03 



* 3 



S.S 



<D 3 



lbs. 



43 



48.5 

 49.5 

 47 



48.5 



48 



48.25 



45 



47.5 



50 



47.5 



48 

 48 

 48 

 48 



48 

 49 

 47.5 

 48.166 



re 

 o <o 



lbs. 



55 



59.5 



61 



58.5 



65 

 63 

 64 



53 



(53 

 62 

 59.33 



53.5 

 60 



58.5 

 57.33 



60 

 63 

 60 

 61 



a 

 O 



lbs. 



12 

 11 



11.5 

 11.5 



15.5 



15 



15.75 



8 



15 

 12 

 11.66 



5.5 

 12 

 10.5 



9.33 



12 



14 



12.5 



12.83 



03 



1§ 



lbs. 



35 



39 

 38 

 37.38 



42 



40.5 



41.25 



35 



41 

 40 



38.66 



34. { 



38 

 37 

 36*.! 



34 

 40 

 40 



38 



03 



g ~ a 



X - '~ 



£?ti 



M 



►< is 

 b0i-i ^s 



c 





lbs. : lbs. I lbs. 



2.916 

 3.54 

 3.3 

 3.252 



35 

 39 

 38 

 37.33 



2.54 



2.7 

 2.62 



42 

 41 

 41.5 



4.375 35 



2.66 41 



3.3 i40 



3.445 38.66 



6.27 

 3.18 

 3.52 

 4.32 



2.83 



2.85 



3.2 



2.96 



35 

 38 

 37 



3.5 

 4.263 

 3.974 

 3.912 



3.363 



3.56 



3.461 



5.797 

 3.63 

 4.416 

 4.614 



8.34 

 4.22 

 4.686 

 i36.66 5.748 



34 

 40 

 40 

 38 



4.83 

 4.57 

 5.12 

 4.84 



* This food was not used in the first trial. 

 ~ The following prices were paid for grain: Corn meal, $1.10 per cwt. ; ground buck- 

 wheat, $1.20 percwt. ; middlings or shorts, 90c per cwt. ; animal meal, $1.60 per cwt. 

 There were 12 birds in each trial of each group. The last ten days of the feeding the 

 birds were fed from the cramming machine, one and one-half pounds of milk being 

 used to one pound of grain. 



Conclusion. 



Ration No. i is a good economical producer, but is objectionable, 

 because it has a tendency to produce yellow flesh, which is undesirable 

 in our best market. 



Ration No. 2 is, perhaps, the most palatable of any, and it is one 

 that makes a nice white flesh at a moderate cost. 



Ration No. 3 is much the same as No. 2, except that it contains 

 more corn-meal, which tends to make it less adapted for use during 

 warm weather. Note the results of the first trial. It has a slight 

 tendency towards producing a creamy flesh. 



Ration No. 4 is the most unsatisfactory of all. The excess of 

 corn in it decreases its palatability, and also makes it unsuitable for 

 feeding during warm weather. 



Ration No. 5 is a good one, when the oats can be purchased at 

 moderate prices. I am of the opinion that rations Nos. 2 and 5 are 



