Four Methods of Feeding Early Hatched Pullets. 



285 



Prices per Ctvt. for food fed. 



Corn $1 



Wheat I 



Oats I 



Buckwheat i 



Peas I 



Corn meal i 



Wheat middlings i 



Beef scrap 2 



Wheat bran i 



Alfalfa meal i 



Green cut bone i 



Beets 



Grit 



Shell 



20 



75 

 30 

 20 



GO 



25 



30 



25 

 20 



60 



GO 



25 



6g 



Table XIII. Food Consumed per Hen in 364 Days. 

 (Deduction from Tables i-i2.)f 



* Meat is included in Mash. 



The average ([uantity of food consumed per hen by the retarded 

 hens was about two pounds more than that eaten by the forced hens, at a 

 cost of three cents more per hen. (Table 13.) The relative cost of 

 food per hen for each period is shown in Fig. 117. 



The hens having whole grain ate 38 per cent, more grit than those 

 having part ground grain ; and, though laying less eggs, they consumed 



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