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* This food was not used in the first trial. 



The following prices were paid for grain: Cornmeal, $1.10 per cwt.; ground buck- 

 wheat, $1.20 per cwt.; middlings or shorts, 90c per cwt.; animal meal, $1.60 per cwt. There 

 were 12 birds in each trial of each group. The last ten days of the feeding the birds were 

 fed from the cramming machine, one and one-half pounds of milk being used to one pound 

 of grain. 



Conclusion. 



Ration No. 1 is a good economical producer, but is objectionable, 

 because it has a tendency to produce yellow flesh, which is undesirable 

 in our best market. 



Ration No. 2 is, perhaps, the most palatable of any, and it is one 

 that makes a nice white flesh at a moderate cost. 



Ration No. 3 is much the same as No. 2, except that it contains 

 more corn -meal, which tends to make it less adapted for use during 

 warm weather. Note the results of the first trial. It has a slight 

 tendency towards producing a creamy flesh. 



Ration No. 4 is the most unsatisfactory of all. The excess of 

 corn in it decreases its palatability, and also makes it unsuitable for 

 feeding during warm weather. 



Ration No. 5 is a good one, when the oats can be purchased at 

 moderate prices. I am of the opinion that rations Nos. 2 and 5 are 

 both excellent, and which it would be advisable to use would depend 

 largely upon the prices of the different grains. 



