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AVERAGE OF | AVERAGE OF | AVERAGE OF | AVERAGE OF 
THREE Fow.s,| Four Fow3s, | S1x Fow.xs, Srx Fow Ls, 
SMALLER SMALLER LARGER LARGER 
BREEDS. BREEDS. BREEDS. BREEDS. 
More _ Less More __ Less 
nitrogenous | nitrogenous | nitrogenous | nitrogenous 
ration. ration. ration. ration. 
Per cent of live weight as 
 __ dressed weight............. 78.3 eT 81.1 80.5 
Head and shanks, per cent of 
: dressed weight............. 8.0 9.6 6.6 74 
Lean meat, per cent of 
PyROGnTessed Weight... oi. .cc0.. 52.8 55.5 44.8 47.4 
Fat, per cent of dressed 
weight .. 15.1 10.1 27.8 24.5 
Skin, per cent of dressed 
7 weight .. 9.8 9.0 9.3 9.0 
9 Bones, per cent of dressed 
a POESS EME Tere eM ighs ces chad Ne aie 8.5 9.4 6.5 Cee 
Ratio of fat to lean meat...... 1:3¢5 1:5.5 1:1.6 1:1.9 
Liver, heart, gizzard, ete., 
percent of dressed weight. 6.3 6.4 5.0 4.6 
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4 Some Plymouth Rocks averaged slightly fatter with the less 
& nitrogenous ration, but other fowls dissected averaged consider- 
ably fatter with the more nitrogenous food, so that the general 
average showed the fowls having the more nitrogenous food to 
have become fatter. There is no doubt that most of the fat was 
accumulated during this period of close confinement and heavy 
feeding without much exercise. 
 Itis evident that hens will become too fat, even under a much 
_ more nitrogenous ration than is usually fed, if given all they will 
eat and allowed little chance for exercise. 
_ The weights of bones given are exclusive of those from the 
head and shanks and feet, which were not dissected. It is improb- 
: : able that the bones had reached their full size during the first five 
Pe months of life, especially with larger breeds, and it is not probable 
that they should have much changed soa the fattening period. 
' It is therefore interesting to note that with those fowls which had 
had the less nitrogenous feed, which also contained a much 
: - gmaller amount of ash constituents, continually for two years, the 
_ bones were on the avearge for every lot, heavier. 
_ The corn meal* ration, although so. deficient in nitrogen as to 
 injuriously affect the plumage of the birds and their general 
development of the skeleton and muscular frame. 
_ * When corn and corn meal have been fed exclusively or in much larger 
proportions than in this trial, the result has never failed to be a very 
thealthy condition, feather eating, and often death. 
« condition,” did not apparently interfere with the growth and 
