﻿THE COMMERCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY. 



13 



The ration throughout the season consisted of 3 parts of corn meal, 

 2 parts of low-grade flour, and 5 per cent of shorts, mixed with con- 

 densed buttermilk diluted with H parts of water. The results plainly 

 show that these proportions of corn meal and flour make a very satis- 

 factory ration throughout the feeding season. The condensed butter- 

 milk undoubtedly offsets the corn meal in this ration during hot 

 weather, so that it is more satisfactorily fed with thick condensed 

 buttermilk than if mixed with the ordinary buttermilk. 



Table 8. — Summary of Experiment D, 1911, Station 2, 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. 



9,174 



6 



3.31 



9.0 



2.0 





7.4 



14.31 



3.45 



5.25 



14,670 



7 



3.20 



13.0 



2.0 





9.2 



16.74 



3.15 



5.58 



35, 462 



8 



2.96 



19.0 



8.0 





13.4 





6.24 



2.68 



3.93 



11,012 



9 



2.89 



22.0 



7.0 





14.8 





6.96 



2.62 



4.01 



5,570 



10 



2.40 



25.0 



12.0 





20.1 



4.92 



2.72 



3.35 



2,172 



13 



2.21 



37.0 



28.0 





29.7 





4.09 



2.89 



3.11 



15, 230 



14 



1.94 



42.0 



19.0 





30.4 





5.54 



2.85 



3.82 



11,810 



15 



1.97 



41.0 



23.0 





30.2 





5.13 



2.92 



3.71 



3,340 



16 



1.97 



32.0 



26.0 





27.4 





4.21 



3.73 



4.10 



1,360 



17 



1.80 









37.0 









3.38 











109, 800 



11,500 br< 

 71, 928 ro 





2.68 









18.0 







4.18 





1.79 









36.9 







4.27 



asters 



3.04 









12.0 







4.48 













Total < 



iost'of feed per 



Cost of labor per 



Total cost per 



pound 





poi 



ind of gain. 



pound of gain. 



of gain 





of head. 



































High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 



High. 



Low. 



Average. 





Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



Cents. 



9,174 



30.86 



7.48 



11.12 



6.72 



1.34 



2.27 



37.58 



8.89 



13.39 



14,670 



35.31 



6.79 



11.63 



6.80 



1.15 



2.04 



42.11 



8.05 



13. 67 



35, 462 



13.60 



5.59 



8.31 



2.31 



.95 



1.40 



15.37 



6.54 



9.71 



11,012 



14.47 



5.26 



8.51 



2.50 



1.01 



1.44 



16.97 



6.27 



9.95 



5,570 



10.13 



5.31 



6.77 



1.81 



.98 



1.22 



11.94 



6.30 



^.99 



2,172 



9.98 . 



5.97 



6.37 



1.93 



1.14 



1.24 



11.91 



6.93 



7.61 



15, 230 



12.29 



5.67 



7.80 



2.26 



1.06 



1.43 



14.55 



6.73 



9.23 



11,810 



'10. 87 



5.76 



7.49 



1.73 



1.11 



1.42 



12.56 



6.87 



8.91 



3,340 



8.43 



7.35 



8.17 



1.73 



1.43 



1.66 



10.16 



8.78 



9.83 



1,360 







6.63 







1.29 







7.92 















109, 800 



11,500 br 

 71,928 roj 







8.71 

 8.87 







1.56 

 1.57 







10.27 

 10.44 



















9.42 







1.66 







11.08 























EXPERIMENT D, 1912. 



The ration at Station 2 in 1912 was similar to that used in 1911, 

 except that 2 to 3 per cent of bone and waste meat was fed at irregular 

 intervals until the middle of September. A slightly larger (from 5 to 

 10) per cent of shorts was fed during 1912 after the middle of Septem- 

 ber, while this same per cent of a mixture of shorts and graham flour 



