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The following are the individual weights of each bird for the three 

 weeks' feeding in Crate N. 



Ration : — J oatmeal, \ cornmeal, £ barley meal. 



Breed. 



1. Wyandotte cockerel 



2. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



3. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



4. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



5. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



6. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



7. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



8. Wyandotte cockerel. . . . 



9. Buff Orpington cockerel 



10. Buff Orpington cockerel 



11. Buff Orpington cockerel 



12. Barred Kock cockerel.. . 



Notes. 



For a number of years we have been testing grain mixtures wet 

 with skim milk, and grain mixtures containing various animal meals 

 wet with water. We have been trying to find a feed equal to milk 

 for fattening chickens. In this year's tests we have, in addition to the 

 above foods, tested whey. The whey was taken from an out-door 

 tank, and would be a fair sample. All grains are figured at $1.15 

 per hundred. 



Skim milk at ten cents per hundred. 



Whey at four cents per hundred. 



Beef scrap at three cents per pound. 



Pork scrap at two cents per pound. 



The following table gives the results of this season's tests. 



Sour skim milk, i.e., milk that is thickened is, without doubt, the 

 best liquid to mix with grain rations where a uniform product is wanted, 

 and more so where white fleshed chickens are in demand. 



Sweet skim milk has not a feeding value for grown chickens equal 

 to sour milk. 



Whey is a better food than is generally considered. The results 

 appear to indicate that it aids digestion. 



Whey and pork scraps have not given the results expected, and I 

 would not recommend this combination. 



Where pork scrap and beef scrap can be procured at reasonable 

 cost, say two cents or less per pound, they are good value, especially 

 where a yellowish flesh is in demand. 



Grain mixtures only, mixed with water, are not economical con- 

 sidering this test. 



