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Bulletin 282. 



(5) Chicks reared on dry-grain rations averaged greater gain per chick 

 and at less cost per pound during the fattening period than the chicks 

 reared on the wet-mash and the variety rations. 



(6) Chicks reared on the cracked-grain ration (56) made best gain 

 per chick during the fattening period. 



(7) Flock reared on cracked-grain dry-mash ration (57) made best 

 gain per flock during the six weeks of fattening. 



(8) Chicks grew more rapidly when eating a larger proportion of 

 ground food. 



Cost per Pound Weight, and pp:r Pound Gain in Weight, Each 

 Week to Twelve Weeks Old 



l¥ee/<5 I 



8 



/O // )2 



-Cost per pound gain 

 .Oost per pound weight 



Fig. 186. — The cost per pound of weight gradually decreased as the chicks grcu 

 larger. The cost per pound of gain slightly increased i'^ the beginning of the fat 

 tening period, with a sudden drop at this -point. After the first four weeks of fat- 

 tening, the cost per pound of gain rose rapidly 



(9) The wet-mash and the variety ration flocks cost less per pound 

 weight 'for the fattening period than those reared on the dry grain 

 rations. 



Conclusions drawn from findings 



(i) Chicks reared on rations consisting altogether or in part of cracked 

 grain and having no moist mash, gave better gain and at a less cost 

 per pound gain, during the fattening period (their ration consisting 

 at this time largely of a moist mash), than the chicks which had 

 been reared on rations consisting altogether or in part of moist mash, 

 but which were now eating a large proportion of their food as cracked 

 grain. 



(2) Chicks reared on rations consisting altogether or in part of 

 moist food were ready for market one to two wejks earlier than those 

 reared on the dry-grain ration. 



