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Table I. — Composition of Foods Used for Groups A and B. 



Food. 



Mixture i . . . 

 Cracked corn 



Wheat 



Corn meal. . . 

 Blood meal. . 

 Green alfalfa. 



Fat. 



Per ct. 



I, " 



The foods used had the average composition shown in the accom- 

 panying table. The sand used was white glass sand 99.5 per ct. of 

 silica. The raw Florida rock contained 2.8 per ct. of moisture and 

 organic matter and 32.4 per ct. of phosphoric acid. The oyster 

 shell contained about 3 per ct. of moisture and organic matter and 

 over 94 per ct. of carbonate of lime. 



rations for group c. 



The lots of chicks V and VI were fed wheat, cracked corn, green 

 alfalfa and a mixture (2) composed of six parts each of wheat mid- 

 dlings and Chicago gluten meal, 3 parts each of wheat bran and O. 

 P. linseed meal, 5 parts of germ gluten meal and 10 parts of corn 

 meal. 



To the ration for each one ounce of sand was added for every 15 

 ounces of grain food. Lot V received in addition one ounce of Florida 

 rock. 



Table IV. — Composition of Foods Used for Groups C, D and E. 



Food. 



Mixture 2 . . . 

 Mixture 3 . . . 

 Cracked corn 



Wheat 



Green alfalfa. 



Fat. 



Pec ct. 

 50 



5-4 



1.9 

 I .0 



rations for group d. 

 Lots VII, VIII, IX and X received the same foods used for the 

 two lots of group C in quite similar proportions. Sand in the pro- 

 portion of I ounce to 10 ounces of grain was fed to lot VIII. 



