1807.] 



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lished, then, not as settling the question, but simply as 

 evidence bearing upon an important point, to be accepted 

 only for what it may 1)e worth. 



The foods used in this experiment and in the other de- 

 scribed later, and their composition, are shown below ; — 



Composition of Air-dry Foods used in Poultry Experimeyits (^Parts 



in 100). 



The kinds and total amounts of the several foods used in 

 this experiment for the lot of fowls having condition powders 

 are as follows (in pounds) : whole wheat, 100 ; whole oats, 

 99.5; wheat bran, 19.8; wheat middlings, 19.8; ground 

 clover, 19.8 ; new-process linseed meal, 9.9 ; animal meal, 

 9.9 ; soya-bean meal, 9.9 ; cut bones, 3. Two pounds of 

 condition powder were used. All the meals, bran, mid- 

 dlings, ground clover and bones were given in the form of 

 the morning mash. The total number of pounds of food 

 used was 291.6. The nutritive ratio, based upon composi- 

 tion (as digestibility by fowls is not known), is 1 : 4.5. The 

 cost of all the food used was $3.43, not including the condi- 

 tion powxler. 



The lot of fowls which received no condition powder re- 

 ceived foods as follows (in pounds) : whole wheat, 99.5 ; 

 whole oats, 100 ; wheat bran, 19.3 ; wheat middlings, 19.3 ; 

 ground clover, 19,3; new-process linseed meal, 9.7 ; animal 



