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slightly less than in the case of pens 2, 4 and 9, and pen 3 

 stands higher, probably due to wastage as already noted. 



The following schedule of prices has been used in calculat- 

 ing the cost of feed- consumed by the fowls. These prices repre- 

 sent as accurately as could be determined the average retail 

 prices which prevailed in Morgantown during the year covered 

 by the test. 



Corn $1.08 per hundred. 

 Wheat $1.50 per hundred. 

 Oats $1.40 per hundred. 

 Corn Meal $1.25 per hundred. 

 Wheat bran $1.25 per hundred. 

 Ground oats $1.50 per hundred. 

 Beef scrap $2.25 per hundred. 



The following table gives the cost of the food consumed by 

 the experimental pens 'during the year. 



COST OF FOOD. 



Pen Corn Wheat Oats Corn Wheat Ground Beef Total 



Meal Bran Oats Scrap 



The table shows that pen 1 ? fed principally upon corn, was 

 fed for the least money. Next in order stands pen 2, followed 

 in turn by pens 4, 9 and 3. The total cost of food for the year 

 for the hundred fowls which were in this test was $90.65, or 

 slightly more than ninety cents per fowl. 



