FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



979 



Results of feeding pigs. 



The pigs were slaughtered at the close of the experiment or shortly 

 after. Br ef statements are made concerning the slaughter test. 



Report of the poultry division, C. O. Flagg (Rhode Island 8ta. 

 Rpt. 1896, pp. 354-362). — Analyses (food constituents and mineral 

 matter) are reported of a number of poultry foods as follows: 



Composition of poultry foods. 



Food constituents. 



Water. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Fat. 



Nitro- 

 gen- 

 tree ex- 

 tract. 



Fiber. 



Ash. 



Mineral matter. 



Cal- Mag- Potas- Phos- 



cium nesium sium phoric 

 oxid. oxid. oxid. acid. 



Insolu- 

 ble 

 matter. 



Common nary bread 

 Austin's dry bread. 

 Brooklyn azotine. . . 

 Boiled blood and 



bone 



Bowker's animal 



meal 



Smith's beef scraps. 

 Avery's beef scraps 

 Darling's ground 



scraps 



Germ feed 



Per ct. 

 9.17 

 10.33 

 10.58 



7.35 



5. 03 



7.03 

 6.89 



8.72 

 9.45 



Per ct. 

 16.38 

 16.88 

 58. (JO 



29.31 



Per ct. Per ct. 

 1.34 70.64 



4.33 

 11.13 



63.12 

 5.22 



Per ct. 

 1.06 

 1.02 

 .00 



Per et. Per ct. 



1.41 0.12 



4. 32 . 53 



15. 07 4. 25 



2.07 8. 37 



. 00 52. 90 



33. 94 19. 50 8. 14 

 36. 69 15. 43 22. 62 

 55.31 I 24.50 1.58 



52. 13 

 45.69 



13.83 

 2.00 



3.62 

 3.65 



33.39 

 18.23 

 11.72 



26.84 



16.20 

 6.36 

 3.87 



21.70 : 8.18 

 39.21 I 19.14 



Per ct. 



0.17 



.14 



.16 



.69 



.31 

 .25 

 .18 



.27 

 .4G 



Per ct. 



0.25 



.35 



.72 



.38 



.33 

 .78 

 .79 



.67 

 .38 



Per 



0. 



21.8), 



:;u 



Per et. 



0.02 

 .03 

 .67 



.84 



.76 



1.41 



.33 



2.13 

 .36 



In continuation of previous work (E. S. R., 8, p. G22) experiments 

 were made in cross breeding geese, which are briefly reported. A 

 number of the geese raised were fattened and sold aud others were 

 exhibited. The first geese were sold when 97 days old; the best were 

 the result of crossing an Embden gander with African geese; their 

 average live weight was 15 lbs. 3^ oz., and the average dressed weight 

 13 lbs. 7| oz. The Embden -Toulouse cross also developed large geese, 

 but tbey did not grow as rapidly as the Embden-African. 



"It appears to be desirable to use a white bird for one parent in making a cross, 

 in order, so far as possible, to grow white, pied, or light-colored birds for market, 

 because they pick much easier, usually have a whiter flesh, and are handsomer in 

 appearance. These are important points, and aft'ect the price when the bird comes 

 on the market. Entirely dark birds,as Africans, Toulouse^ or Brown Chinas, have 

 black pin feathers, which make them hard to pick when dressed as green geese. If 

 they are not thoroughly taken out they show on the dressed bird very distinctly, 

 and injure the appearance, while white pinfeatliers are much less objectionable. 

 The color of the flesh, aside from the effect of the black or white piufeathers is, as 



