FEEDING OF FOWLS 59 



COMPOSITION OF FOWL AND EGG 



Water 

 Per 

 Cent. 



Ash 

 Per 

 Cent. 



Protein 

 Per 



Cent. 



Fat 

 Per 

 Cent. 



Hen 



Pullet 



Capon.. . . 

 Fresh egg. 



55.8 

 55.4 

 41.6 

 65.7 



3.8 



3.4 



3.7 



12.2 



21.6 

 21.2 

 19.4 

 11.4 



17.0 



18.0 



33.9 



8.9 



COST OF PROTEIN IN POULTRY FOODS 



Food 



Price 

 per Ton 

 Dollars 



Protein 



Pounds 

 per Ton 



Price 



per Pound 

 Cents 



Skim -milk 4 



Rice 30 



Corn 30 



Oats 30 



Wheat 30 



Broken crackers 26 



Mixed feed 21 



Barley 25 



Rye 30 



Rice bran 16 



Wheat bran 21 



Wheat shorts 22 



Wheat middlings 27 



Wheat, shrunken 29 



Alfalfa hay 11 



Alfalfa meal 22 



Coconut-oil-cake meal ... 22 



Beans 



Fresh meat 



Cottage cheese 



Linseed -oil-cake meal 27 



Gluten meal 30 



Cottonseed meal 30 



Meat meal 60 



Dried blood '60 



66 

 106 

 156 

 184 

 184 

 190 

 192 

 192 

 198 

 214 

 224 

 244 

 244 

 264 

 274 

 274 

 328 

 400 

 418 

 518 

 522 

 680 

 822 

 1,080 

 1,040 



6.0 



28.3 



19.2 



16.3 



16.3 



13.7 



10.9 



13.0 



15.1 



7.5 



9.3 



9.0 



11.0 



11.0 



4.0 



8.0 



6.7 



5.2 

 4.4 

 3.6 

 5.6 

 5.8 



