﻿THE COMMERCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY, 



Table 3. — Summitry of Experiment A, 1912, Station ■!, arranged according to length, 



of feeding period. 



Number 

 of head . 



Days 

 fed. 



Average 



Per cent of gain. 





Grain per pound 



of gain. 



weight. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



748 



5,456 



5,640 



22, 656 



18,240 



18, 480 



10,880 



4,160 



3,200 



288 



321 



6 



7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 21 



Pounds. 

 3.60 

 3.13 

 3.14 

 2.59 

 2.48 

 2.26 

 1.99 

 1.89 

 1.88 

 1.63 

 2.26 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per ctnt. 

 6. 



11. (i 



7.70 

 14.4 

 18.7 

 20.4 

 26.0 

 26.9 

 33.6 

 3.0 

 35. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 

 5.40 

 4.88 

 6.85 

 5.22 

 3.92 

 3.87 » 

 3.51 

 3.49 

 3". 64 

 5.07 

 4.27 



17.0 

 16.0 

 23.0 

 28.0 

 41.0 

 40.0 

 31.0 

 37.0 



4.0 



5.0 



5.0 



8.0 



6.0 



13.0 



21.0 



30.0 



10. 53 

 8.35 

 9.04 

 6. 67 

 9.96 

 4.02 

 4.46 

 4.69 



2.98 

 3.44 

 2.84 

 2.65 

 2.75 

 3.11 

 2.75 

 2.98 



















90,069 



10,852 bj< 

 23,490 ros 





2.44 



1.69 



3.24 







18.6 



25.7 

 9.2 







4.42 



3.80 

 6.83 



tilers 



isters 



























Number 

 of head. 



Total cost of feed per 

 pound of gain. 



Cost of labor per 

 pound of gain. 



Total cost per 

 of gain 



pound 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



748 



5,456 



5,640 



22, 656 



18,240 



18,480 



10,880 



4,160 



3,200 



288 



321 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 

 9.60 

 9.13 



12.87 

 9.81 

 7.67 

 8.78 

 7.01 

 6.93 

 7.22 

 9.37 

 8.51 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 

 1.91 

 1.79 

 2.44 

 1.82 

 1.31 

 1.70 

 1.43 

 1.43 

 1.27 

 1.82 

 1.39 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



11.51 



10.92 



15.31 



11.63 



8.98 



10.48 



8.44 



8.36 



8.49 



11.19 



9.90 



19.35 

 15.77 

 17.46 

 12.94 

 19.29 

 8.14 

 8.84 

 9.01 



5.42 

 6.63 

 5.48 

 5.09 

 5.56 

 6.39 

 5.67 

 6.06 



4.02 

 3.11 

 3.43 

 2.13 

 3.78 

 1.70 

 1.59 

 1.52 



1.06 



1.15 



.95 



.84 



.92 



1.11 



1.17 



1.09 



23.37 

 18.88 

 20.89 

 15.07 

 23.07 

 9.67 

 10.37 

 10.53 



6.55 

 7.78 

 6.40 

 6.11 

 6.48 

 7.55 

 6.84 

 7.30 



























90, 069 



10,852 br 

 23,490 roe 







• 8.74 



7.37 

 12.85 







1.63 



1.60 

 2.42 







10. 37 



8.97 

 15.27 







































EXPERIMENT B, 1911. 



The total number of chickens fed in this experiment at Station 1 

 was 102,684, the birds being divided into 113 lots, most of which 

 were on feed from 12 to 16 days. The results secured were very 

 satisfactory, the lots doing especially well until the month of Octo- 

 ber, when there was a marked falling off in gains. The feeding 

 period was about 14 days until the gains fell off, when the period 

 was shortened because the 14-day feeding was unprofitable, while 

 the birds made as high or higher gains during a shorter feeding 

 period. The "roasters" and " broilers" were not separated at this 

 station, and all of the lots were classed as "springs" except a few in 

 July when the average weight of the birds was under 1.8 pounds. 



