12G 



HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Morning v. Evening Mash for Egg-production, Winter Test. 



Morning 



Evening 

 Mash. 



Total dry matter in foods (pounds), . 

 Number of hen days, not including males. 

 Number of hen days, including males. 



Gross cost of food 



Gross cost of food per egg (cents), 

 Gross cost of food per hen day (cents). 

 Number of eggs per hen day, 

 Average weight per egg (ounces), 

 Total weight of eggs (pounds), . 

 Dry matter consumed per egg (pounds), 

 Nutritive ratio,* 



593.28 

 3,228 

 3,558 

 $7 78 

 .97 

 .22 

 .25 

 1.84 

 91.19 

 .75 

 1:6.3+ 



556.11 

 3,158 

 3,483 

 $7 36 

 .97 

 .21 

 .24+ 

 1.85 

 87.64 

 .73+ 

 1:6.1+ 



* The term nutritive ratio is iised to designate the ratio existing between the total nitrog- 

 enous and the non-nitrogenous constituents of the feeds used, the former being regarded 

 as a unit, and fat multiplied by 2.5. 



Summer Experhnent. 

 The method of feeding during the summer experiment was 

 the same as in the winter, save in two particuhirs : first, in 

 place of cut clover rowen in the mash, lawn clippings in such 

 quantities as the fowls would eat before wilting were fed 

 three times a week, to the hens in all the houses the same ; 

 and, second, the feeding of cabbages was discontinued. The 

 yards, 1,200 square feet in area for each house, were kept 

 fresh by frequent turning over of the soil. The tallies give 

 all details : — 



Foods consumed, Morning Mash v. Evening Mash, May 29 to 



September 16. 



KIND OF FOOD. 



Bran 



Middlings, 



Meat scraps 



Oats 



Corn meal 



Corn, ....... 



Morning Mash 

 (Pounds). 



Evening Mash 

 (Pounds). 



41.80 

 41.80 

 32.00 

 47.80 

 41.80 

 171.70 



40.70 

 40.70 

 32.00 

 49.20 

 40.70 

 174.80 



