liberty of the fields full of insects and worms, the conditions | 
were alike for all in the experiment, and the differences in results — 
are doubtless due to the character of the foods, and are in accord Bn 
with those obtained before. 0 
The fowls having the more nitrogenous ration were always in 
better health, and their plumage, except during a short molting — 
period, was always full and glossy, while those having the more — 
carbonaceous ration were oftener sick and their plumage was 
always ragged and dull, and for some time during the first year — 
the vices of feather pulling and egg eating were common among _ 
them. a 
The product of eggs, however, from the hens having the corn- 
meal ration was over twentg-eight per cent more in number, and 
in weight over twenty-four per cent greater, than from those with 
the more nitrogenous food. With fowls of the smaller breeds, 
which are considered the better layers, the number of eggs was 
over fifty-seven per cent higher, and the weight about forty-nine 
per cent greater than those fed the less nitrogenous ration. 
During the first laying season these same fowls averaged for the 
smaller breeds thirty-six per cent more eggs and about forty-two 
per cent greater. weight of eggs with the corn-meal ration, while 
the larger breeds, which more easily become fat and inactive, gave 
considerably better returns under the more nitrogenous ration, 
showing over fourteen and one-half per cent in number, and the 
same per cent in weight in its favor; but these larger fowls also 
during the second year gave results slightly in favor of the corn- 
meal ration. The average size of the eggs from one pen of large 
fowls was about the same as from the other, but some difference 
existed between the averages from the smaller fowls. The average 
weights of all obtained for the year, with the average of those laid 
by the same fowls the first year, also given for comparison, were 
as follows : : 
Second year. | First year. 
Soe — 
Weight Ozs.| Weight. Ozs. 
Smaller breeds... 2.09 1.85 | More nitrogenous ration. 
Smaller breeds... 1.99 1.93 | More carbonaceous ration. 
Larger breeds.... 2.21 2.12 | More nitrogenous ration. — 
Larger breeds.... 2.24 2.12 | More carbonaceous ration. 
