Appendix Table 2. Feed Conversions of Flocks for two Breeds Averaged by 

 Month of Sale, September 1956 - November 1957. * 



Breed 



Month 



B 



Absolute 

 Difference 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



2.69 

 2.83 

 2.82 

 2.87 

 2.99 

 2.98 

 2.82 

 2.81 

 2.77 

 2.72 

 2.70 

 2.63 

 2.63 

 2.64 

 2.61 



2.62 

 2.81 

 2.90 

 2.94 

 2.90 

 3.03 

 2.86 

 2.86 

 2.69 

 2.72 

 2.70 

 2.65 

 2.69 

 2.70 

 2.63 



0.07 

 0.02 

 0.08 

 0.07 

 0.09 

 0.10 

 0.04 

 0.05 

 0.03 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.02 

 0.06 

 0.06 

 0.02 



Sum 

 Mean 



41.51 



2.767 



41.75 



2.783 



- 0.24 



Difference 

 Degrees of 

 Standard 

 t - 1.039 



freedom 



error 



0.016 



28 



0.0154 



t - 2.048 

 .05 



Feed conversions adjusted to eliminate trend. 



Appendix Table 3. Multiple Analysis of Variance of Feed Conversions for 

 Flocks of Seven Breeds in Three Trials. * 



Source of 

 Variation 



Degrees of 

 Freedom 



Sum of 

 Squares 



Mean 



Squares 



Total 

 Breeds 

 Trials 

 Discrepancy 



20 

 6 

 2 



12 



0.1025 

 0.0178 

 0.0704 

 0.0143 



For breeds, F - 2.50, F - 3.00 



.05 



For trials, F - 29.3, F - 6.93 



.01 



0.0030 

 0.0352 

 0.0012 



* 1958 New Hampshire Broiler Test, Department of Poultry Science, University of 

 New Hampshire. 



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