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The records of feeding and the results obtained, which follow in 

 tabulated form, are calculated, for comparison, to the average per 

 fowl in periods of four and five weeks. The whole trial covered a 

 period of 357 days, so nearly a year that in discussing the results as 

 a whole they are referred to as those for the year. 



The digestibility of the different constituents by fowls not being 

 known, the nutritive ratios given are only approximate, but sferve 

 to show the relative composition of the rations. The actual total 

 amounts of the several classes of constituents existing in the 

 rations fed at different periods through the year are also given. In 

 determining the cost of the rations wheat was rated at the average 

 of 57.6 cents per bushel, corn at 50.1 cents, oats at 37.9 cents, bar- 

 ley at 61.4 cents, and buckwheat at 56.1 cents per bushel; wheat 

 bran at $16 per ton, wheat middlings at $17, com meal at $19.20, 

 ground oats at $24, ground barley at $25.60, ground buckwheat at 

 $23.36, alfalfa hay at $9.60, alfalfa forage at $2, and com silage at 

 $3 per ton. Skim milk was rated at 24 cents per 100 pounds, cut 

 bone at 80 cents, oyster shells at $1, and stone grit at $1 per 100 

 pounds : flaxseed, ground or unground, at 2^ cents per pound. 



