However, numerous studies have been conducted concerning these individual 

 factors. Toinhave and Seegar (1945), Hartung (1955), Brooks and co- 

 workers (1957) all found thai as the amount of floor space per bird in- 

 creased the average weight per bird also increased. Most experiments con- 

 ducted on pelleted versus mash feeding indicated a weight advantage in 

 favor of pellet fed birds. Lanson and Smyth (1955) found that both weight 

 gain and feed conversion were improved with pellet feeding. Lonsdale and 

 co-workers (1957) found that feeding a pelleted ration resulted in a sig- 

 nificantly heavier chicken, but that feed conversion was not improved and 

 that the pellet diet increased feather picking. 



Figure 1. A typical pen arrangement showing burlap baffle, covered partitions 

 and light arrangement. 



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