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Table 7. Flock Mortality for Experimental Pens During the Three Test 

 Periods 



o 



Id 

 1-. -o 



(U 



pq 



m 



6 o ^ 



CQ "O 

 • -o 



O TD 



-a 

 . p 



O O 



Hpq 



^Q 



5 13 



o.i: 



2-0 

 o <u 





a; 

 I- 



.Si u 



O <U 



> ^ 



1938-39 



11 



12 



13 



14  



15 



16 



17 



18 



1939-40 



118 

 114 

 118 

 116 

 120 

 120 

 120 

 112 



1 



26 

 60 



10 

 13 

 10 



55 



■■9 



8 

 5 

 1 



38 

 21 



50 

 12 

 10 



119 

 140 

 178 

 116 

 130 

 133 

 130 

 112 



120 

 120 

 175 

 124 

 134 

 133 

 130 

 95 



187 

 160 

 130 

 162 

 154 

 137 

 135 



5" 



7 



14 



14 



9 



12 



5 



9 



7 



10 



9 



6 



14 



16 



9 



4 



14 

 9 

 4 

 11 

 15 

 7 

 9 



4.2 

 5.7 

 7.& 

 12.1 

 6.9 

 9.0 

 3.8 

 7.5 



5.8 

 8.3 

 5.1 

 4.8 

 10.4 

 12.0 

 6.9 

 4.2 



38.4 

 34.8 

 42.0 

 41.0 

 49.7 

 46.4 

 47.8 

 37.9 



32.1 

 31.4 

 8.0 

 32.9 

 42.2 

 38.6 

 37.4 

 29.8 



tlie condition of litter adjacent to the waterer is noticed in Figure 9. 

 In those pens under litter treatment "A" an excessive dampness about 

 the waterer soon was evident and subsecjuent litter additions merely 

 served to absorb the spillage, especially in peat moss pens, and to 

 maintain a wet, soggy mass about the waterer. Water si)illage has 

 a definite influence on the condition of the litter and some method to 

 reduce this spillage or to prevent its retention in the litter should be 

 adopted. The use of a water catching device and the use of a litter 

 which has a low water retention value is recommended. 



