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and 5.8 cts.; to weight of 2 lbs., 7.2 cts. and 7.3 cts.; to weight of 2.5 

 lbs., 8.6 cts. and I) cts. 



At the end of 3 months the 12 roosters in lot 1 and the 7 in lot 2 were 

 caponized and were fed for about 7 months a fattening ration consisting 

 of corn meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, ground oats, and ground 

 barley, 10:2:1:1:1, with the same supplementary foods as were fed 

 previously. The grains fed to lot 1 were ground and to lot 2 unground. 

 During the first 4 months lot 1 consumed 6.5 lbs. dry matter (costing 

 7.2 cts.) per pound of gain; and lot 2 consumed 6 lbs. dry matter 

 (costing 6.9 cts.). In 6 months lot 1 consumed 8.6 lbs. dry matter (cost- 

 ing 8.6 cts.) per pound of gain; and lot 2 consumed 7.45 lbs. dry mat- 

 ter (costing 8.3 cts. per pound). 



"Considering the total cost of food from hatching, the average bird receiving the 

 ground grain had cost 35.5 cts. at 5 months of age, and weighed 8.1 lbs., thus cost- 

 ing 4.38 cts. per pound. Those, fed whole grain weighed 7.5 lhs. and had cost 34 cts., 

 or 4.53 cts. per pound. At 6i months lot 1 had cost 5.4 cts. a pound for an average 

 weight of 10 lbs., and lot 2, 5.49 cts. per pound for a weight of 9.5 lbs." 



A second trial was begun October 31 with 2 lots of 12 capons under 

 conditions similar to those previously described, and covered about 5 

 months. Four capous in each lot were dropped several weeks before 

 the close of the test. During the entire period the lot on ground grain 

 consumed 8.3 lbs. dry matter per pound of gain ; the lot on whole grain 

 10.1 lbs. Profitable gains were made only during the first 11 weeks ot 

 the test, when the lot on ground grain consumed on an average 6.8 lbs. 

 dry matter (costing 7.2 cts.) per pound of gain, and the lot on ground 

 grain consumed 6.9 lbs. (costing 7.8 cts.). After this time the gains 

 were very slow and about equal for both lots. 



From the experiments as a whole the following conclusions were 

 drawn : 



"A ration consisting mostly of the ordinary ground grains was more profitably fed 

 to chicks than a ration of whole grain. 



"Capons from lot 2 afterwards made a somewhat cheaper gain in weight on the 

 whole grain ration, but the gain was too slow to compensate for the more rapid 

 growth which had been made, as chicks, by lot 1 on ground grain. 



"Of two other lots of capons those having the ground-grain ration made the more 

 profitable gain during several months. 



"In every trial more food was eaten by the lots on the ground grain than by the 

 lots on whole grain.'' 



None of the chickens or capons showed any lack of health and vigor. 



Italian paste made from -wheat, corn, and a mixture of the two, A. Scala 

 ( Hoi. Not. Agr., 19 {1S97), II, No. 27, pp. 355-364) .—The author reports the compo- 

 sition of macaroni, vermicelli, and other forms of Italian paste made from wheat, 

 corn, and a mixture of the two. The composition of pastes and bread is compared 

 with that of the flour from which they are made. 



The adulteration of Italian paste with corn meal and corn pastes, A. Scala 

 (Bol. Not. Agr , 19 {1897), II, No. 27, pp. 351-354).— The author points out the differ- 

 ence in precentage composition between Italian paste made from wheat alone and 

 that from wheat with the addition of corn. On the basis of variation in composition 

 a method of detecting adulteration is suggested. 



