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weight and quality of the dressed fowls ; against the powder, 

 we have the food cost per egg, the weight of dry matter in 

 food per egg, and the loss of one fowl. We are warranted 

 simply in the statement that the powder does not appear to 

 have paid for its use. 



2. Cut Bone v. Animal Meal for Egg-production. 

 Each of the two houses contained twenty Plymouth Rock 

 pullets in this experiment. The l)one and animal meal were 

 each mixed in the morning mash. The foods used are 

 shown below : — 



Cut-bone House 

 (l^ounds). 



Animal-meal 

 House (Pounds). 



Wheat, . 

 Oats, 

 Bran, 

 Middlings, 

 Buffalo gluten, 

 Animal meal, 

 Clover, . 

 Cabbages, 

 Chicago gluten, 

 Cut bone, 



213 

 149 



27 

 27 



28 

 26-1 

 27 

 28 



196 

 149 



28 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 29i 



The nutritive ratios in the two houses were 1 : 5.05 and 

 1 : 4.45 respectively. 



The averaije weights of the fowls were as follows : — 



Cut-bone House 

 (Pounds). 



Animal-meal 

 House (Pounds). 



January 4, 



February 6, 



March 9, 



April 27, 



May 3 (after fasting twelve hours). 

 Dressed weight, .... 



4.75 

 5.10 

 5.86 

 5.44 



5.28 

 4.83 



4.89 

 5.00 

 5.28 

 5.15 

 4.88 

 4.43 



