568 



Bulletin 282. 



as another. The only exception to this rule was during the first 

 week when changing to the fattening ration. Labor was estimated at 

 15 cents per hour, and amounted to $1.21 each for all flocks except 

 59 and 60, these being charged at ;?i.2 2 because of the extra labor 

 for the first week of fattening. 



Table 17. — Cost of Food and Labor per 100 Pounds Live Weight for Each 

 Week, and for Six Weeks of Fattening 



* See footnote on page 434. 



Total Cost Food Consumed per Flock for Six Weeks of Fattening 



r/ock 

 Cr. t^rsin' c. 



% 



Cr^,frs//L- ^6 



Cr.^ra//? ) r- 

 Dry.masfyX'^' 



/)ri/^ mask- 38\ 

 3/r/n7 mim°'- 



3.38 

 J.3d 

 S.85 

 S.86 



I 6.5^ 



A'eJ3.85 



Fig. 182. — The vott-mash and the variety ration flocks cost more per flock for food 

 consumed during the fattening period, but contained larger numbers of chicks, 

 than did the dry-grain ration flocks. {Based on Table 21) 



For food and labor per pound live weight, the wet-mash flocks 

 (59, 60) and the variety ration flock (6i) cost less than the flocks reared 

 on the dry rations. Flock 59 cost least for the six weeks and flock 61 

 cost but slightly more. The cost of the flocks varied slightly from week 

 to week, the low consumption and consequent low cost for some of the 



