POULTRY 



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The adjoining Table summarises the results of the two experiments. 

 Taking the average of both trials, ration I produced a slightty higher rate 

 of gain than did the others. Ration II which contained a constantly de- 

 creasing amount of protein lowered the rate of gain and raised the food con- 

 sumption. The bird, fed on ration III consumed the most food per bird 

 and per pound of live weight increase ; the cost of the food for this group 

 was about 30 per cent higher than that for the others. Capons confined 

 to small pens, while consuming only 2 per cent less feed per bird, gained 

 about 17 per cent less than capons allowed to range, and the cost of their 

 food was consequently 17 per cent higher. Prices of foods used in the 

 calculations were as follows : 



Shelled maize 

 Ground " 

 Wheat . . . 

 Bran .... 

 Oats . . 



Price per cwt. 



$ 



1. 00 

 1.09 

 1.50 

 1.40 



1.25 



Beef scrap 

 Tankage . . 

 Oil meal . 

 Grit. . . . 

 Charcoal. . 



Price per cwt. 



$ 



2.75 

 2.40 

 1.80 

 0.75 



2.25 



In the first experiment where pullets, cockerels and capons were' fed 

 together, capons invariably made the most rapid gains, the average total 

 live weight increase being for capons 6.8 lbs., for cockerels 6.1 lbs. and for 

 pvdlets 4.6 lbs. 



Results expressed as a percentage of those fed on ration I. 



