Sevex Metiious of Feeding You.ng Chickens. 565 



Efficiency of cracked and ground grains 

 During the first six weeks of feeding, the flocks having the wet- 

 mash and the variety rations gave far better growth than those 

 having the dry feeding. In the case of the dry-mash ration, part of 

 the trouble apparently arose from the extreme fineness of the ground 

 food, the chicks having great difficulty in obtaining sufficient 

 nourishment. Leaving this flock out of the question for this reason, 

 it may be said that the flocks having a large proportion of ground 

 grain in the ration gave much better gain in weight than those having 

 a large proportion of cracked grain, but were now eating a large pro- 

 portion of wet mash. 



Average Gain in Weight of Chicks During the Six Weeks of Fattening 



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Fig. 179. — The flocks reared on the dry-grain rations gave decidedly better average 

 gain per chick during the six weeks of fattening than those reared on the wet-mash 

 and the variety rations. The latter flocks were now eating a large part of their 

 food in the form of cracked grain. {Based on Table 14) 



During the fattening period, conditions of food consumption were 

 reversed. The chicks which had been reared on the wet-mash and the 

 variety ration did not relish the ground grain mixture of the fattening 

 ration, so they ate a large proportion of the cracked grain. This time 

 they gave less gain in weight per chick than did the chicks which had 

 been reared on the cracked grain, but were now eating a large propor- 

 tion of wet mash. 



The chicks which had eaten the cracked grain during the first 

 six weeks were well satisfied with the moist mash of the fattening 

 ration and ate a large percentage of their food in this form. Apparently 

 in consequence, the gain per chick of these flocks during the fattening 



•0.656 should be 0.651. 



