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The nutritive ratio of the food consumed was as follows : 



N. R. 



Pen I Wet Mash and Grain i :4.6 



" 2 Dry Mash and Grain i : 4 . 4 



" 3 Hand- fed Grain i : 5 . 5 



" 4 Hopper-fed Grain i :5.8 



Kinds and prices of feed. 



Feed. — Four grain mixtures were used during the experiment, though 

 the fowls were all fed the same mixture at any one time. All mixtures 

 were compounded by weight: 



Mixture I. Fed July 28 to September 8, 1906. 



I Cracked corn. 

 I Wheat. 

 I Oats. 



Mixture II. Fed September 9 to December 8, 1906. 



3 Cracked corn. 



4 Wheat. 

 I Oats. 



Mixture III. Fed December 9, 1906, January 18, 1907. 



4 Cracked corn. 

 3 Wheat. 

 I Oats. 



Mixture IV. Fed January 19 to February 16, 1907. 



3 Cracked corn. 

 3 Wheat. 

 I Oats. 



1 Buckwheat. 



From February 17 to April 12, Mixture HI was used, and Mixture 

 n was fed from April 13 to the end of the experiment. 



Only one mash mixture for the forced pens was used : 



2 Corn meal. 



2 Wheat middlings. 



2 Beef scrap. 



I Wheat bran. 



I Alfalfa meal. 



