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Narrow v. Wide Ration for Egg-production, Winter Test. 



Narrow Ration. Wide Ration 



Hen days 



(iri-Ks ooet of foods, 



Oo*t per hen day, 



Total number of eggs, 



Cost per egg 



Eggs per hen day 



Total weight of eggs (pounds), 

 Average weight of oggs (ounces), . 

 Dry matter to produce one egg (pounds), 

 Dry matter consumed per hen day (pounds), . 



Nutritive ratio 



Number of sitters 



Summer Experiment. 

 The summer experiment was continued with the same 

 fowls that had been used in the winter. The method of 

 feeding remained the same, save in two particulars: (1) in 

 place of cut clover rowen in the mash every morning, lawn 

 clippings in such quantity as the fowls would eat before 

 wilting were fed three times per week, to each lot the 

 same ; and (2) the feeding of cabbages was discontinued. 

 The yards (fifty by twenty-four feet) were kept fresh by 

 frequent use of the cultivator. The health of one fowl only 

 suffered during the experiment. One of the corn-fed fowls 

 appeared dumpy for a few days, but was fully recovered in 

 two weeks. As in the winter test, the fowls fed largely on 

 corn showed less relish for their whole grain than the others. 

 Food consumed and other details are shown below : — 



Foods consumed, Narrow v. Wide Ration {May 1 to October 4), 



Kinds op Food. 



Narrow Ration. Wide Ration. 



Wheat, 

 Oats, . 

 Bran, . 

 Middlings, . 

 Animal meal, 

 Corn meal, . 

 Corn, . 

 Gluten feed, . 



Lbs. 

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