6 BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 3. — Results of fleshing broilers (battery experiments). 



Ration.i 



Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Days 

 fed. 



Initial 

 weight. 



Gain. 



Rela- 

 tive 

 gain. 2 



No. 



Special feeds. 



Corn 

 meal. 



But- 

 ter- 

 milk. 



Experimental 

 ration. 



Con- 

 trol 

 ration. 



1 





Perct. 

 8.33 



10.00 



8.33 



8.33 

 5.00 



5.00 

 5.00 



8.33 

 8.33 



7.50 

 4.50 

 3.00 



5.00 



8.33 



5.00 



8.33 



13.33 



16.67 



8.33 

 3.33 



8.33 



10.00 



9.09 



5.60 

 11.20 



10.00 



9.09 

 9.09 



14.00 



15.00 

 5.00 



20.00 

 15.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 5.00 



20.00 

 15.00 

 5.00 



20.00 



5.00 



20.00 



Per ct. 

 25.00 



23.33 



25.00 



25.00 



Per ct. 

 66.67 



66.67 



66.67 



66.67 



52 

 40 

 79 



} 77 

 | 40 

 } 40 



i 100 



39 

 39 

 40 

 104 

 64 

 40 



| 118 



122 



50 



1,169 



}l,159 

 2,310 



}l,598 

 1,130 



| 72 



\ 72 

 I 72 



1" 



I 72 



14 



8 

 8 



8 

 8 

 14 



8 



14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 



11 



11 



8 

 10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



14 



14 

 14 



14 



14 



Lbs. 

 1.83 



1.58 



1.21 



1.18 

 1.69 

 2.66 



1.68 



2.38 

 2.56 

 2.58 

 2.39 

 1.92 

 2.43 



2.16 



2.07 



1.83 



.80 



.88 

 1.05 



.96 

 1.21 



.92 



.84 

 .83 



.94 



.85 



Lbs. 

 0.27 



.55 



.27 



.44 

 .45 

 .60 



.55 



.33 

 .21 

 .73 

 .44 



.27 

 .61 



.57 



.62 

 .35 

 .32 



.41 



.31 



.38 



.30 



.28 



.36 

 .29 



.21 



.37 



Per ct. 

 14.75 



34.81 



22.31 



37.60 

 20.63 

 22.56 



32.73 



13.87 

 8.82 

 28.29 

 18.41 

 14.06 

 25.10 



26.39 



29.95 

 19.13 

 40.00 



46.59 



29.04 



39.65 



24.79 



30.43 



42.86 

 34.94 



22.34 



43.53 



Per ct. 

 18.09 



19.07 



24.81 



24.81 

 19.07 

 21.69 



22.84 



13.55 

 13.65 

 21.69 

 23.00 

 18.09 

 21.69 



21.39 



21.39 

 23.66 



Per ct. 

 82 



? 





183 



3 





90 





/Peanut meal 





4 



\Velvet bean meal 



/Peanut meal 



152 





23.33 



66.67 



108 



5 



\Ricebran 





/Peanut meal 



16.67 



66.67 



104 



6 







[Peanut meal 



15.00 



70.00 





» 7 





143 





Rapeseed meal 



Rapeseed meal 









8 

 g 



28.33 

 25.00 

 28.33 

 25.00 

 20.00 

 16.67 

 21.67 



66.67 

 66.67 

 66.67 

 66.67 

 66.67 

 66.67 

 66.67 



102 

 65 



in 



Coconut meal 



130 



'11 



Coconut meal 



74 



1? 



Coconut meal 



78 



13 



Coconut meal 



116 





(Coconut meal 



123 



14 



\Meat scrap 



15 

 > 16 



Rice bran 



25.00 

 23.33 

 18.18 

 11.20 



66.67 

 66.67 

 72.73 

 72.00 



140 



81 



17 



1 Sesame-seed meal ... 



\Ground wheat 





18 













•19 





20.00 

 18.80 



70.00 

 63.64 





3 20 







\ Wheat flour 







21 



Wheat flour 



14.00 

 20.00 



72.00 

 60.00 





22 









\Ground barley 







23 





5.00 



60.00 

















60.00 





24 





















[Ground milo 





60.00 





95 

























55.00 





26 





























1 Rations 1 to 16, inclusive, were fed to the usual "house ran" of birds, other than Leghorns. Rations 

 17 to 26, inclusive, were fed to Leghorns only. 



2 Control taken as 100 per cent. 



» Average from two experiments. 



