﻿THE COMMERCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY. 



BEEF SCRAP. 



Lots 44 to 70 received 1 part of shorts, 2 of low-grade flour, and 

 3.5 of corn meal, with 6 per cent of tallow. Lots 71 to 100 received 

 1 part of shorts, 3 of low-grade flour, and 10 of corn meal, with 6 

 per cent of tallow. Lots 101 to 113 received 1 part of shorts, 1 of 

 low-grade flour, and 2 of corn meal, with 6 per cent of tallow. Lots 

 92, 94, and 95 received two-thirds of a pound of good quality dried 

 meat scraps per 100 head, which amount of meat did not seem to 

 affect either the gain or the cost of gain. The birds ate the feed well, 

 but not any better than the lots which did not receive beef scrap. 



There does not appear to be any advantage in adding beef scrap 

 to the regular ration if it contains plenty of milk. Beef scrap would 

 probably be economical in a ration without milk, or where only a 

 small amount of milk was available. Fresh meat was added to the 

 fattening"" rations at several other packing houses in this State. In 

 these cases the poultry houses were a part of a meat-packing estab- 

 lishment, so that a supply of the best quality of meat was regularly 

 available for feeding. Very good results were secured in feeding this 

 meat in a ration containing 60 per cent of steel-cut oats, 40 per cent 

 of corn meal, with about 7 per cent of tallow added. 



Table 4. — Summary of Experiment B, 1911, Station 1, arranged according to length of 



feeding -period. 









Per cent of gain. 







Grain per pound of gam. 



Number 

 of head. 



Days 

 fed. 



Average 

 weight. 



































High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 





Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



1,350 

 1,800 



10 

 11 



3.50 

 3.40 









9.0 

 12.0 









4.63 

 4.85 



17.0 



7.0 





6.S6 



2.83 



10, 884 



12 



3.10 



31.0 



9.0 





17.7 





5.67 



2.40 



3.71 



17, 100 



13 



2.69 



48.0 



8.0 





24.9 





6.72 



2.01 



3.18 



43, 200 



14 



2.60 



49.0 



9.0 





26.2 





8.23 



2.12 



3.28 



14,S50 



15 



2.48 



41.0 



11.0 





28.8 





6.03 



2.40 



3.23 



9,900 



16 



2.04 



48.0 



25.0 





33.3 





4.18 



2.57 



3.17 



3,600 



17 



1.75 



47.0 



33.0 





37.5 





3.55 



2.93 



3.29 



102, 684 

 4, 500 bro 





2.56 

 1.62 







26.0 



42.8 







3.33 

 2.79 



ilers 





















Total < 



;ost of feed per 



Cost of labor per 



Total cost per pound 



Number 

 of head. 



poi 



lnd of gain. 



pound of gain. 



of gain. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 





Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



1,350 

 1,800 







9.31 



11.28 







3.03 

 3.66 







12.34 

 14.94 



15.94 



6.61 



5.34 



1.98 



21.28 



8.59 



10, 884 



13.45 



5.70 



8.59 



3.70 



1.36 



2.32 



17.15 



7.07 



10.91 



17, 100 



14.70 



4.75 



7.30 



4.71 



1.28 



2.11 



19.41 



6.03 



9.41 



43, 200 



18.00 



4.38 



6.99 



4.00 



1.09 



1.85 



22.00 



5.81 



8.84 



14,850 



13.47 



5.51 



6.59 



4.04 



1.37 



2.40 



17.51 



6.88 



8.99 



9,900 



8.28 



4.75 



6.35 



2.69 



1.39 



1.88 



10.97 



6.14 



8.23 



3,600 



6.60 



5.38 



6.01 



1.97 



1.58 



1.80 



8.56 



6.96 



7.81 



102, 684 

 4,500brc 







7.20 

 5.09 







2.00 

 1.58 







9.20 

 6.67 

































