564 Report of the Department of Animal Husbandry of the 



Chemical Composition. 



The grain mixtures and other foods averaged in composition as 

 follows : 



Composition of Foods. 



Crude 



fats. 



Grain mixture No. 1 . . 

 Grain ujixturc No. 2 . . 

 Oat meal (•4raiiulate(l) 



Ground oats 



Corn meal 



Wheat 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats '. 



Dried blood 



Skim milk 



fresh bone 



Per cent. 



3.8 



3.5 



4.7 



4.2 



4.1 



1.8 



3.7 



2.2 



3.9 



.2 



.5 



20.5 



Valuation. 



In estimating the cost of food, corn meal was rated at $16 per 

 ton, wheat bran and wheat middlings at |14, ground oats at $18 

 and linseed meal at $20. Wheat was rated at 69 cents per busihel, 

 corn at 40 cents, oats at 24 cents and barle}- at 41 cents, granu- 

 lated oat meal at 3 cents per pound and dried blood at 2 cents, 

 skim milk at 24 cents per 100 pounds and fresh bone at 80 cents. 



Nutritive Ratio. 



During the first few weeks the food taken by the lot having the 

 whole grain ration had somewliat the wider nutritive ratio. 

 During the last few weeks there was little or no difference in this 

 respect. All the food eaten during the three months by Lot No. I 

 showed the average nutritive ratio of 1:3.3. That eaten by Lot 

 No. II showed a ratio approximately 1 :4.6. 



EXPERIMENT WITH CHICKS. 



The records of feeding and the average results from the feeding 

 trial with the growing chicks arranged in periods of one week, 

 are given in the following tables: 



