40 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The results and leadinar details are shown below : — 



Condition Powder for Egg -production. 



The nutritive ratio was 1 : 5.16 for the fowls not receiv- 

 ing condition powder; for the others, 1 : 5.14, — practically 

 identical. The total dry matter in food consumed for each 

 egg produced was : without condition powder, 0.8349 

 pounds ; with powder, 0.8688 pounds. Besides the perfect 

 eggs as shown in above table, the fowls receiving no con- 

 dition powders laid three soft-shelled eggs ; the others, one. 

 There were live sitters in the first lot, eleven in the second. 



Samples of the eggs were analyzed, and those from the 

 condition-powder fowls were found somewhat richer in dry 

 matter, protein and fat. The eggs were also tested in two 

 families by careful house-keepers. The reports did not 

 agree in all particulars ; but one of the two found the eggs 

 from the fowls which had received condition powders su- 

 jierior in flavor of yolk, flavor of white, in beating qualities 

 and in consistency ; the eggs from the other fowls better in 

 color and size of yolks. The other reported the condition- 

 powder eggs strong in flavor and the yolks small. This 

 discrepancy is probably to be accounted for from the fact 

 that the number tested was small. Individual as well as 

 class differences would almost certainly be found in the 

 eggs. 



The fowls which had received condition powder Avere re- 

 ported as dressing rather better than the other lot. 



One fowl in the condition-powder house died during the 

 test; there were no losses in the other house. 



In conclusion, I have to say that the differences found in 

 this experiment are too small to l)e considered decisive. On 

 the side of the condition powder we have size of eggs and 



