1900.] 



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Summer Experiment. 

 The method of feeding during the summer experiment 

 remained the same as in the winter, save in two particulars : 

 (1) in place of cut clover rowen in the mash ever}^ morning, 

 lawn clippings in such quantity as the fowls would eat before 

 wilting were fed three times per week to the hens in all the 

 houses the same, and (2) the feeding of cabbages was dis- 

 continued. The yards, twelve hundred square feet in area 

 for each house, were kept fresh by frequent use of the cul- 

 tivator and spade. The health of all the fowls was good 

 throughout this experiment. The tables give all details : — 



Foods consumed, Narrow v. Wide Ration, May 1 to Sejytember 27. 



KIND OF FOOD. 



Wheat, 

 OatB, . 

 Millet, . 

 Wheat bran, 

 Wheat middlings, 

 Gluten feed. 

 Meat meal, . 

 Corn meal, . 

 Corn, . 



White Wyandotte. 



Narrow 



Ration 



(Pounds). 



273 

 59 

 10 

 56 

 66 

 56 

 56 



Wide 



Ration 



(Pounds). 



49 



129.5 

 868 



Barbed Plymouth Rock. 



Narrow 



Ration 



(Pounds). 



237 

 52.5 

 8 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



Wide 



Ration 



(Pounds.) 



42 

 111 

 300 



Average Weights of the Fowls {Pounds) . 



