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.4541 ; or, in other words, the average daily product from 

 100 hens would have been for the wheat ration 44.4 eggs ; 

 for the corn ration, about 43.7. The average food cost per 

 egg produced was on the wheat ration, a very slight fraction 

 over 1 cent ; on the corn ration it was .85 of a cent. 



2. In the comparison of wheat with corn, with milk albu- 

 min as the source of animal food in each, and with corn oil 

 added as a source of fat, the egg product was considerably 

 better than in the first experiment. For the entire period 

 the hens receiving corn produced more eggs, — an average 

 at the rate of .4166 eggs per hen day. For the wheat the 

 similar average was .3570. For the winter period, Decem- 

 ber 14 to April 1, similar averages were : for the wheat ra- 

 tion, .2606 ; for the corn ration, .2862. For the summer 

 period, April 1 to September 4, the averages were : for the 

 wheat, .4251 ; for the corn, .5107. For the entire period 

 the average food cost per egg laid was for the wheat ration 

 1 cent, for the corn ration .8 cent. The product obtained 

 in this experiment, at the rate respectively for the wheat of 

 35.7 eggs per day and for the corn at the rate of 41.66 eggs 

 per day, for 100 hens is considered good, for fowls kept in 

 close confinement, especially in view of the fact that the pul- 

 lets used in the experiment Avere rather late hatched, and laid 

 but few eggs until the first of February, viz., 125 for the 

 fowls receiving wheat and 48 for the fowls receiving the corn 

 ration. 



3. In the comparison of wheat with rice, with milk albu- 

 min as the source of animal food in each, the results were 

 decidedly in favor of the ration including the rice. For the 

 entire period the product of these fowls was at the rate of 

 .3732 eggs per hen day ; for the fowls receiving the wheat, 

 at the rate of .3328 eggs per hen day. For the winter 

 period, December 14 to April 1, the averages were : for the 

 rice ration, .30117 ; for the wheat ration, .2241 eggs per hen 

 day. For the summer period, April 1 to September 4, simi- 

 lar averages were : for the rice, .4188 ; for the wheat, .4080. 

 The production in this experiment is inferior on both rations 

 to that obtained in either of the other experiments ; and, al- 

 though the yield on the rice is fairly good, this cannot be 



