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weevils, was bought at $1 .. r )0 per 100 pounds, and fed with good results 

 to four lots in this experiment. Oatmeal gives slightly greater gains 

 than low-grade wheat flour, but does not produce as economical gains 

 at the present relative market prices of these two grains. 



The broilers and roasters were not separated at this station, but the 

 average cost of gain at this station would undoubtedly have been 

 reduced after the middle of October if the lots had been fed for a shorter 

 period. The longer feeding at that time of the year produced a better 

 quality of flesh, but at a rather excessive Gost compared with the cost 

 earlier in the season on smaller chickens. No cripples or birds off feed 

 were removed from the lots during this year, as has been the.eustom 

 in previous seasons. The results for the season were very satisfactory. 



Table 5. — Summary of Experiment B, 1912, Station 1, arranged according to length of 



feeding period. 









Per cent of gain. 







Grain per.pound 



of gain. 



Number 

 of head. 



Days 

 fed. 



Average 

 weight. 



































High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 







Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



000 



9 



3.60 









7.0 









5.74 



5, 400 



10 



2.73 



28.0 



4.0 





13.7 



10.19 



2.36 



5.59 



2,700 



11 



2. 55 



34.0 



10.0 





19.7 





5.00 



1.94 



3.49 



5, 400 



12 



2.52 



31.0 



14.0 





22.2 





4.55 



2.35 



3.24 



17,100 



13 



2.10 



51.0 



14.0 





30.1 





5.35 



1.89 



2.90 



27, 900 



14 



2.22 



52.0 



10.0 





29.6 





7.38 



. 2.07 



3.32 



10,800 



15 



2.51 



35.0 



15.0 





23.4 





5,37 



2.83 



4.04 



10,800 



16 



2.57 



34.0 



19.0 





25.3 • 





4.25 



2.69 



3.84 



5, 400 



17 



2.43 



45.0 



22.0 





29.7 





4.31 



2.69 



3.69 



3,600 

 90.000 



18 



2.34 



38.0 



32.0 





34.8 





3.56 



3.12 



3.39 



2.36 







26.7 







3.58 















Total < 



>ost of feed per 



Cost of labor per 



Total cost per 



pound 





poi 



md of gain. 



pound of gain. 



cf gain 





of head. 



































High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 





Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



900 







11.54 







3.30 







14.84 



5,400 



20.49 



5.71 



11.57 



6.25 



1.57 



3.51 



26.74 



7.28 



15. 08 



2,700 



10.06 



.4.68 



7.29 



3.05 



1.44 



2.10 



13.11 



6.12 



9.39 



5,400 



9.14 



5.70 



6.85 



2.19 



1.48 



1.70 



11.33 



7.18 



8.55 



17.100 



10.76 



4.57 



6.57 



2. 33 



1.18 



1.65 



13.09 



5.75 



8.22' 



27 900 



14.84 



5.00 



7.08 



3. 50 



1.14 



2.10 



18. 34 



6.19 



9.18 



10.800 



10.79 



6.51 



8.75 



2.52 



1.66 



2.04 



13.31 



8.17 



10.79 



10, 800 



9.77 



5.75 



8.31 



2.28 



1.13 



1.80 



12. 23 



6.88 



10.11 



5,400 



9.21 



6.18 



s.ot 



2.18 



1.41 



1.68 



11. 39 



7.59 



9.73 



3,600 



7.62 



7.17 



7.35 



1.50 



1.41 



1.46 



9.12 



8.88 



8.81 



90, 000 







7.70 







1.99 







9.69 























EXPERIMENT C, 1911. 



This experiment was conducted at Station 4, of which exterior and 

 interior views are shown in Plate I. The number of birds fed during 

 the season totaled 117,151, which included 17,330 broilers and 55,010 

 roasters. The results for all the birds are summarized in Table 6 

 according to number of days fed, and the average results for the 

 broilers and roasters, irrespective of length of feeding period, are 

 shown separately as in the other experiments. 

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