200 



wide and twenty feet long and the runs about thirty feet wide 

 by a hundred feet long. No green food was supplied them in 

 winter, but in summer a fair quantity of green stuff grew in 

 the runs but the supply toward fall became limited. In all 

 cases the food was weighed out carefully in bulk for <?ach pen 

 by the Assistant Agriculturist but the actual feeding was in- 

 trusted to a farm laborer. 



The following table shows the average weight of the hens 

 at the beginning, and end of the test; on May 21st; and en 

 August 25th. 



TABLE SHOWING WEIGHT OF FOWLS. 



1905 1906 1907 



Pen. Dec. 8 Jan. 17 May 21 Aug. 25 Dec. 8 Jan.. 17 



1 3.50 3.32 3.12 3.70 



2...... 3.48 3.30 3.45 4.00 



3 3.45 3.22 3.15 3.85 



4 3.50 3.12 3.10 3.77 



9 3.52 2.98 3.00 3.77 



During May and August the fowls were not so heavy as at 

 the beginning of the test. At the close of the year, however, all 

 of the fowls were somewhat heavier than at the beginning. 



The following table shows the amount and kind of food con- 

 sumed by the various pens of fowls during the year : 



POUNDS FOOD CONSUMED. 

 Pen Corn Wheat Oats Corn Wheat Ground Beef Total 



The table shows the pens 2, 4 and 9 consumed almost exactly 

 the same amount of food, or in round numbers practically sev- 

 enty pounds per fowl. The food consumption of pen 1 was 



