304 ' Bulletin 249. 



Table XXIII. Mortality in 364 Days. (Deductions from Tables 1-12.) 



* Two removals on account of sickness, counted as mortality. 



The mortality among these hens was very great, though the greater 

 part of it was in two of the four pens (Table 23). The percentage was 

 slightly greater in the retarded pens, and the general " condition " of the 

 fowls was not so good in the retarded as in the forced pens. The cause 

 of this high mortality remains a mystery, unless the method of feeding 

 was to blame. In any case, any disadvantages not included in the condi- 

 tions of the experiment were shared alike by all four pens. 



Table XXIV. — Financial Statement. 



DEDUCTIONS FROM TABLES I-I2 AND ORIGINAL RECORDS. 



Pen I. — Wet Mash and Grain. 



Total Cost Food 



" Loss Stock. 



Weight. 



" Outgo 



Balance Profit 



Total Value Eggs. 



Gain in weight . . . 



Income. 



177 

 3.252 



42.429 



Pen 2. — Dry Mash and Grain. 



Total Cost Food 



" " Loss Stock. . 



Weight. 



" Outgo 



Balance Profit 



Total Value Eggs 



Gain in weight. 

 " Income 



>5i.040 



3.648 



54.688 



