572 



Bulletin 282. 



Age at which chicks were ready for market 



The chicks in flocks 59 and 60 (Figs. 184, 185) were the heaviest of 

 all at the end of the fourth week of fattening, and a good percentage 

 of them were sold at this time. (Fig. 187.) They were then ten weeks 

 old. At eleven weeks (Fig 188), the largest percentage of chicks marketed 

 was from flocks 59 and 61. This left in these three flocks only a small 

 percentage to be sold at twelve weeks. From flocks 55 to 58, the largest 

 shipments were made the twelfth week (Fig. 189), reaching in the case 

 of the dry mash flock (58) 64 per cent, of the entire flock. 



Summary for each flock for fattening period 

 In the following table is given a summary of the six weeks of fattening: 



Table 21. — Summary per Flock for Six Weeks of Fattening 



Number put into fat- 

 tening experiment 



Number died in six 

 weeks 



Number marketed . 



Total weight chicks 

 marketed, lbs. . . 



Average weight chicks 

 marketed, lbs 



Total amount food con- 

 sumed, lbs 



Total cost food con- 

 sumed 



Total cost labor 



Total cost food and 

 labor 



Total cost per pound 

 gain in weight 



Total cost per pound 

 weight 



59 



Wet 

 mash, 

 powder- 

 ed milk 



60 



Wet 



mash 



skim_ 



med milk 



lo?' 



2 



105 



126.4s 



1 . 204 



280.6 



$6.21 

 1 . 22 



7.43 



o. 107 



o.osS 



4 

 98 



III. 51 



I. 137 



271.4 



$5.82 

 1 . 22 



7.04 



0.118 



o .063 



61 



Variety 

 ration 



3 

 107 



121 .89 



1. 139 



286. s 



$6.32 

 1 . 21 



7.53 

 0.113 

 o .061 



All 

 flocks 



685 



24 

 661 



760 . 26 



1 . 150 



i8s4.6 



$41 .00 

 8.49 



49-49 



o . 106 



0.065 



* One chick removed because of injury, but returned at beginning of fattening period. 



The total cost of food and labor for the six weeks fattening was $49.49, 

 the number of chicks marketed was 661, cost per pound weight $0,065, 

 cost per pound gain in weight $0,106. 



