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TliiiH in tlio case of both tlie larfjer an<l the smaller breeds the nmiibcr 

 and \vi'i<,dit of efj<2:s were laijier with the corn meal ration than with the 

 more nitrogenons mixture, this ditleremu! bcin*; <;reatt'r with thesmailer 

 fowls. The fowls "haviiifjf the corn -meal ration continued to lay for 

 the longer period." In the previous exiieriment, while the smaller fowls 

 jiroduced more eggs with the corn-meal ration than with the more nitro- 

 genous mi.xture, the results with the larger fowls were slightly in favor 

 of the more nitrogenous ration. 



Tlio fowls liaviiig tlio iiioro iiitro^^cnoiis ratuiii wero :il\va.vH in hotter Iicaltli, and 

 tln'ir plnnia^jc, oxcopt diirinf; a short moltinj^ period, was always fnll and j^Ios.sy, 

 wliilo tlio.so Inivinji tlm more carlionaiu^ons rati<ni were oftoner sick and tln'ir plnnia^i; 

 wa.s always raj^j^rd ami dull. Forsomo tinn^dniinj; tli« first year tlie vices of fcatlicr- 

 l>nllinjj and egL; <"a( in^ were common ann)nii the latter. » » • 



There is no donht that dnrinj; the layinjj; period the fowls of hoth larj^er and smaller 

 hreeds receiving the corn meal, were fatter, for at nearly all times during this feeding 

 trial the hainlling and weights of the birds indicated it. 



At tlu'close of the experiment the hens were all confined in small pens 

 and given all they would eat of the same rations tlu'y had liei'U receiving. 

 After C> weeks 1!> of the 28 hens were killed and dissected. Data with 

 regard to the live weight of the fowls, the weight of different |>arts of the 

 body, and the relation of live weight to dressed weight, of lean meat to 

 dressed weight, et(;., are tabulated. The genei-al average of the fowls 

 kiH,ed showed the fowls receiving the more nitrogenous footl to hav«' 

 become fatter than those receiving the corn-meal rations ; but the author 

 believes "then' is no doubt that most of the tVit was accumulated during 

 this period of close continement and heavy ieeding w ithout miudi exer- 

 cise." The bones of those hens which had received the corn meal ration 

 continually for 2 years " were, on the average, for each lot, heavier." 



The number of eggs laid by the same hens during the second season 

 "was but little le.ss than that of the first season." Tlieir average size 

 was as follows: 



The cost of feeding hens entirely from the feed box for 4 months 

 between the first and second laying season, is calcidated at about 1!) 

 cents i)er fowl for the smaller breeds and 21 cents for the larger. " Unless 

 pullets can be produced at less cost there would appear to be but little 

 advantage in replacing hens for the first year, as is so often recom- 

 mended, e\<ei)t where great difference in the market value of i and 

 2-year-old fowls exists." 



General conelusio7is. 



The resnits of several feeding experiments indicate that for laying fowls of smaller 

 breeds Indian corn or corn meal can be fed in ([nite largo proportion with a cousid- 



