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Ave7'age Weight of Foiols (^Pounds) . 



May 29, . 

 July 30, . 

 August 16, 



DATES. 



Morning Mash. 



Hens. Cocks. 



5.69 

 5.53 

 5.11 



8.00 

 7.75 

 8.00 



Evening Mash. 



Hens. Cocks 



4.94 

 5.00 

 4.74 



6.75 

 7.00 



Number of Eggs per Month, Morning v. Evening Mash, Summer 



Test. 



DATES. 



May, 



June, 



July 



August 



September 



Totals 



Evening 

 Mash. 



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



Morning 

 Mash. 



Evening 

 Mash. 



Total dry matter in foods (pounds), . 

 Kumber of hen days, not including males, 

 Xumlier of heii 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,* 



337.02 

 1,719 

 1,941 

 $3 94 

 .68— 

 .20-f- 

 .34— 

 1.83 

 66.68 

 .51— 

 1:5.5+ 



338.11 

 1,722 

 1,944 

 $3 95 

 .69+ 

 .20+ 

 .33+ 

 1.90 

 67.69 

 .59+ 

 1:5.6 



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

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

 regarded as a unit, and fat multiplied by 2.5. 



It will be seen that neither in the winter nor summer ex- 

 periment was there any very considerable difference in the 



