Seven Methods of Feeding Young Chickens. 



553 



Total food consumption 



The weight of total food consumed would not show a true comparison 

 in this respect of the methods of feeding because the flock having the 

 skimmed milk would be charged with so great a proportion of water 

 contained in the milk. The other flocks had this moisture in the drinking 

 water, but it is not regarded as part of their food. In order that the 

 accounts of the flocks might be comparable, the estimates have been 

 made on the basis of dry matter* in the food consumed. 



Dry matter in food consumed per pound weight of chicks 



Table 6. — Dry Matter in Food CoNSUMEDf per Pound Weight op Chicks 



FOR Each Week and for Six Weeks 



JSummary for six weeks. 



All 

 flocks 



3.364 



t Excluding green food, grit and charcoal, 

 i See footnote on page 434. 



Amount Dry Matter in Food Consumed per One Pound Weight During Six 



Weeks of Feeding 



Cr gra/m 

 Src/r ) 



r/oc/( 



Cr^ram J6 



Cr. ffra//j V 

 dr^/nasm 



^/^ mcs/i- 

 fioivc/m/M) 



t&r/e/l/ 



ra//(>/r\ 



/lire • 3-^J Ita. 



Fig. 174. — The flocks having the wet-mash and the variety rations att Uss dry matter 

 per pound weight during the first six weeks than the flocks having the dry-grain 

 rations. {Based on Table 6) 



The dry matter in food consumed per pound gain in weight for six 

 weeks was as follows: 



• Dry matter is that part of the food which remains after the moisture ha» 

 been dried away. The food is exposed for five hours to the temperature of boiling 

 water, aia degrees Fahr. 



