me a more carbonaceous ration. 
The fowls of contrasted pens were Similan in regard to breed, 
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age, and immediate parentage and until five months old were 
under the same conditions of feed, etc., but for the year preceding 
_ this trial were under rations of the same character for each pen 
respectively as those fed during this last period. The year from 
_ which the results are here given included the whole of the second 
_ laying season, the fowls being all mature, averaging about seven- 
d _ teen months old when this experiment began. 
Pens No. 5 and No. 7 each contained six hens, 8. C. W. Leghorns 
x and W. ©. B. Polish, and pens No. 6 and No. 8 each contained 
eight hens, Plymouth Rocks, Light Brahmas and Buff Cochins. 
Pens 5 and 6 were fed oats, Indian corn on cob, and a mix- 
ture of linseed meal, bran and ground oats; and 7 and 8, corn 
- meal, corn onthe cob and oats, and all were fed corn ensilage, red 
_ clover and sometimes meat scraps. 
The moisture in the foods varied somewhat from time to time, 
_ but the average composition was for each food as follows: 
Moisture. Ash. Fiber. albu pena) 
Per cent. | Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Per cent. 
COS a ae A ee 3.08 | 10.33 | 13.80 56.32 
fee Corn meal ..... enter ce 16.41 1.32 2.19) E150 65.04 
BOT a eee 15.10 iow 1.27 | 10.40 67.15 
— Mixture until July 15..! 13.60 4.35 9.47 | 24.08 43.26 
Mixture after July 15..) 10.40 4.48 7.98 | 22.40 50.30 
om Meat scraps.......... 5.40 2.38 .81 | 58.41 46 
mOalt meat)... Dane a 79.60 1.20 AES) aR nn ee 
im, Corn ensilage ........ 70.00 1.32 6.37 3.37 } 17.60 
Red clover........ aes etn! om 60) 2.43 | 11.68 4.92 16.55 
The fowls had small but clean and comfortable quarters indoors, 
and during good weather each pen was allowed an open yard 
about fifty by ten feet in size. No grass grew in any of the yards, 
and inasmuch as they had been used, with frequent spading, for 
poultry during several years, very little animal food could have 
been found. None of these fowls were troubled with lice or roup. 
While with hens in confinement and having continually 
he same foods, the product of eggs was much less than would 
