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Table 16. — Dry Matter per Pound Gain in Weight for Six Weeks of 



Fattening 



• See footnote on page 434. 



Dry Matter in Food Consumed per Pound Gain in Weight for Six 



Weeks of Fattening 



Cr gra/n « 

 8ra/r •^■' 



Cr. ^ram—56 



Cr gra/rr' \ -.^ 

 Dry/;7a5n\''^^ 



Or(/ /ms^-J3 



^trrk!s/r\^^ 

 3/mrff///(\°^ 



4/0 



Fig. 181. — The dry matter in food consumed per pound gain tn weight by the dry- 

 grain ration flocks averaged slightly less during the fattening period than for the 

 flocks reared on the wet-mash and tlie variety rations. The latter were now eating 

 the larger proportion of their food in cracked grain. (Based on Table 16) 



The dry matter per pound gain in weight was least (3.40 lbs.) in 

 flock 57 (cracked grain, dry mash), and greatest (4.10 lbs.) in the variety 

 ration flock (61). (Fig. 181.) The average for all flocks was 3.80 lbs. 

 Dry matter in food consumed per pound weight: 

 Greatest — Flock 58 — Dry mash — 2.61 lbs. 

 Least — Flock 59 — Wet mash, powdered milk — 2.12 lbs. 

 Dry matter in food consumed per pound gain in weight: 

 Greatest — Flock 61 — Variety ration — 4.10 lbs. 

 Least — Flock 57 — Cracked grain, dry mash — 3.40 lbs. 



Cost of labor and food 

 The labor for the fattening period was practically the same for all 

 flocks, since all had the same ration, and one pen needed cleaning as often 



