BULLETIN 1052, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Table 6. — Results of fleshing hens (battery experiments). 



Ration. 



No. 



Special feeds. 



Ground oats. 



Ground oats. 



Ground oats. 



/Ground oats. 

 \Meat scrap. . . 



/Ground oats. 

 \Meat scrap . . 



/Ground oats. 

 1 Alfalfa meal . 



/Ground oats. 

 \ Alfalfa meal - 



Ground oats. 

 Alfalfa meal . 

 Meat scrap... 



Ground oats. 

 Alfalfa meal . 

 Meat scrap . . 

 Charcoal 



I Ground oats. 

 Alfalfa meal - 

 Meat scrap... 

 Charcoal 



Velvet-bean meal. 



Soy-bean meal. 



/Soy-bean meal. 

 \Water 



Soy-bean meal. 

 Meat scrap 



/Meat scrap. 

 \ Water 



( Peanut meal. 

 \ Alfalfa meal . 



I Low-grade flour 

 Middlings (standard 

 wheat) 

 Peanut flour 



I Low-grade flour 

 Middlings (standard 

 wheat) 

 Oat middlings 



I Low-grade flour 

 Middlings (standard 

 wheat) 

 Oat middlings 



I Low-grade flour 

 Middlings (standard 

 wheat) 

 Ground oats 



Per ct. 

 10.00 



10.00 



10.00 



11.67 

 5.00 



11.67 

 5.00 



13.33 



2.00 



11.33 

 2.00 



9.33 

 4.00 

 2.00 



11.67 



3.33 



1.33 



.33 



11.67 



3.33 



1.33 



.33 



8.33 



8.33 

 66.67 



7.00 

 1.00 



1.67 

 36.67 



7.00 

 1.00 



4.50 



3.00 

 7.50 



3.33 

 8.33 



3.33 

 8.33 



6.00 

 4.50 



Corn 

 meal. 



Per ct. 

 30.00 



30.00 



30.00 



16.67 



16.67 

 18.00 



18.00 

 18.00 



16.67 



29.33 



25.00 



25.00 



But- 

 ter- 

 milk. 



Per ct. 

 60.00 



60.00 



60.00 



66.67 



66.67 

 66.67 



66.67 

 66.67 



Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



66.67 



66.67 



66.67 

 66.67 







25.33 



66.67 



25.00 





25.33 



66.67 



15.00 



70.00 







20.00 



66.67 







20.00 



66.67 







15.00 



70.00 







77 



39 



40 

 1 40 



39 



40 



40 



501 



497 



495 

 481 



316 

 320 

 323 

 628 

 640 



318 



319 

 254 



Days 

 fed. 



Initial 

 weight. 



14 



Lbs. 

 5.01 



10 



4.58 



8 



3.98 



10 



4.46 



8 



3.96 



14 



5.25 



14 



5.38 



14 



5.40 



10 



4.37 



8 



3.96 



8 

 8 



4.56 

 4.40 



8 



4.84 



8 



4.88 



8 



4.88 



8 



4.89 



8 



3.89 



11 

 14 



3.25 

 3.50 



14 

 14 



3.14 

 3.20 



8 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 8 



3.56 

 3.72 

 3.74 

 3.83 

 3.92 



8 

 8 

 8 



3.70 

 3.73 

 3.65 



Gain. 



Experi- 

 mental 

 ration. 



Lbs. 

 1.76 



.45 



.33 



.65 

 .31 

 .42 

 .52 



Per ct. 

 15.17 



9.83 



8.29 



14.57 

 7.83 

 8.00 

 9.67 



8.15 



7.07 



7.24 

 5.91 



4.09 

 -1.02 



3.90 



4.09 



7.71 



12.30 

 12.86 



13.69 

 5.31 



12.92 

 14.50 

 14.17 

 13.31 



4.57 

 9.12 

 10.41 



Con- 

 trol 



ration 



Per ct. 

 13.17 



10.62 



7.66 



10.62 



7.66 



13.17 



13.17 



13.17 

 10.62 



6.22 

 6.22 



6.22 

 6.22 



6.22 



6.22 



6.22 



Rela- 

 tive 

 gain. 1 



1 Control taken as 100 per cent. 



