1899.] 



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N'arroiv v. Wide Ration for Egg-production, Winter Test. 



Narrow Ration.] Wide Ration. 



Hen days 2,529 



Gross cost of foods, $8 54 



Cost per hen day $0 0033 



Total number of eggs, 860 



Cost per egg, $0 0099 



Eggs per hen day .34 — 



Total weight of eggs (pounds) 102.425 



Average weight of eggs (ounces), 1.98 



Dry matter to produce one egg (pounds), .... .655 



Dry matter consumed per hen day (pounds), . . . . ' .22 



Nutritive ratio, 1:4.7 — 



Number of sitters, 30 



2,538 

 $6 56 

 $0 0026 

 1,071 

 $0 0061 

 .42+ 

 130.53— 

 1.95 

 .46 

 .19 

 1:5.6 — 

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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 

 suifered 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 \^^nter 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 of Food. 



Wheat, 

 Oats, . 

 Bran, . 

 Middlings, . 

 Animal meal. 

 Com meal, . 

 Com, . 

 Gluten feed, . 



