1900.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



53 



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 every 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, J^arroiv v. Wide Ration, May 1 to Septeviber 27. 



KIND OF FOOD. 



Wheat, 

 Oats, . 

 Millet, . 

 Wheat bran, 

 Wheat middliuge, 

 Gluten feed, 

 Meat meal, . 

 Corn meal, . 

 Corn, . 



White Wyandotte. 



Narrow 



Ration 



(Pounds). 



273 

 59 

 10 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 66 



Wide 



Ration 



(Pounds). 



49 

 129. 

 368 



Babred Plymouth Rock. 



Narrow 



Ration 



(Pounds). 



237 

 52. 

 8 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



Average Weights of the Fowls (Pounds) , 



Wide 



Ration 



(Pounds.) 



42 

 111 

 300 



I 



DATES. 



April 27, . 

 June 2, 

 August 11, . 

 September 27, 



White Wyandotte. 



Narrow 

 Ration. 



4.50 

 4.14- 



4.28 

 4.53 



Wide 

 Ration. 



4.30 — 



4.414- 

 4.68 + 

 4.79 



Barbed Plymouth Rock. 



Narrow 

 Ration. 



4.90— 



4.86 

 4.88 

 4.70 



Wide 

 Ration. 



4.00 

 4.80 

 4.88 

 4.91 



Number of Eggs per Month, Narrow v. Wide Ration, Summer Test. 



MONTHS. 



May, . . . . 

 June, . . . . 



July 



August, 



September (27 days) , 



White Wyandotte. 



Narrow 

 Ration. 



162 

 140 

 164 

 158 

 107 



731 



Wide 

 Ration. 



181 

 198 

 213 

 213 

 110 



916 



Barred Plymouth Rock. 



Narrow 

 Ration. 



124 



156 

 140 

 112 



87 



619 



Wide 

 Ration. 



177 

 217 

 215 

 128 

 76 



