10 BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table 8. — Gains made in 4, 8, 11, and 14 days by springs fed the control ration. 1 





Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Aver- 

 age 

 initial 



weight. 



Amount gained in — 





4 days. 



8 days. 



11 days. 



14 days. 



Experiment No. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of 



initial 

 weight. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of total 



gain. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of 



initial 

 weight. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of total 



gain. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of 



initial 



weight. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of total 



gain. 



Per- 

 centage 



of 

 initial 

 weight. 



1 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 48 

 12 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 24 

 48 



Ounces. 

 54.7 

 43.9 

 54.7 

 43.8 

 44.0 

 55.0 

 54.8 

 45.6 

 57.1 

 58.2 

 55.5 

 56.8 

 41.9 

 42.3 



16.22 



57.01 



30.16 

 27.38 

 21.26 

 27.38 

 24.07 

 25.91 

 23.78 

 18.70 

 16.95 

 13.22 

 13.86 

 10.00 

 14.04 

 13.99 



68.81 

 67.69 

 55.25 

 73.23 

 67.01 

 75.41 

 69.63 

 70.20 

 63.01 

 53.50 

 57.51 

 56.66 

 51.58 

 42.42 



36.28 

 34.53 

 30.62 

 33.74 

 31.72 

 28.88 

 29.88 

 22.37 

 25.15 

 23.55 

 18.67 

 14.71 

 21.51 

 24.64 



82.77 

 85.36 

 79.57 

 90.24 

 88.31 

 84.05 

 87.50 

 83.97 

 93.49 

 95.35 

 77.47 

 83.34 

 79.49 

 74.71 



43.83 



2 



12.73 1 31.47 

 13.97 ! 36.30 

 12.65 ] 33.83 

 11. 13 1 30. 99 

 14. 04 i 40. 86 

 15.85 j 46.41 

 8. 83 j 33. 15 

 11.70 j 43.49 

 10.92 44.19 

 2. 40 ; 9. 96 

 5.88 33.31 



40.45 



3 



38.48 



4 



37.39 



5 



35.92 



6 



34.36 



7.. 



34.15 



8 



26.44 



9 



26.90 



10 



24.71 



11 



24.10 



12 



17.65 



13... 



27.06 



14 





32.98 









Total. . . 



396 























17.28 



59.81 



24.43 



84.56 



28.88 









I. 





iCorn meal (40 parts) + buttermilk (60 parts). 

 Table 9. — Gains made in 4, 8, 11, and 14 days by roasters fed the control ration. 1 





Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Aver- 

 age 

 initial 

 weight. 



Amount gained in — 





4 days. 



8 days. 



11 days. 



14 days. 



Experiment No. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of 



initial 

 weight. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of total 



gain. 



Per- 

 centage 



of 

 initial 



weight. 



Per- 

 centage 

 of total 



gain. 



i 



Per ' I Per- 

 ^^ centage 

 inftLl of total 

 weight.} gam - 



Per- 

 centage 



of 

 initial 

 weight. 



1 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 24 

 12 

 12 

 24 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



Ounces. 

 66.1 

 66.1 

 66.0 

 74.2 

 77.4 

 74.4 

 74.3 

 64.9 

 82.6 

 82.6 

 82.8 

 73.0 

 76.2 

 65.8 

 67.1 

 66.3 

 62.8 

 70.2 

 87.1 

 79.5 

 75.6 

 82.6 

 75.5 

 76.4 

 65.1 

 80.8 



15.50 



15. 87 



12.49 



14.00 



19.18 



14.10 



12.50 



12.13 



9.65 



10.82 



9.62 



10.57 



10.90 



10.70 



10.88 



11.24 



11.66 



7.46 



12.27 



10.47 



4.24 



6.47 



6.97 



5.94 



11.07 



4.62 



39.95 

 45.36 

 38.62 

 44.05 

 61.57 

 50.98 

 47.28 

 45.48 

 37.58 

 43.95 

 39.69 

 43.99 

 45.48 

 49.45 

 46.48 

 55.13 

 37.71 

 39.70 

 68.97 

 59.05 

 26.14 

 38.44 

 42.14 

 37.78 

 69.23 

 54.38 



28.04 

 28.54 

 25.11 

 22.08 

 22.49 

 20. 55 

 18.31 

 19.81 

 19.59 

 17.99 

 17.45 

 17.15 

 14.77 

 18.00 

 16.64 

 16.08 

 17.93 

 11.95 

 14.72 

 15. 51 

 10.35 



8.09 

 11.46 

 10.04 

 16.06 



5.17 



72.27 

 81.57 

 77.64 

 69.48 

 72.20 

 74.30 

 69.25 

 74.28 

 76.29 

 73.07 

 71.99 

 71.37 

 62.99 

 83.17 

 71.08 

 73.39 

 84.96 

 63.60 

 82.74 

 87.48 

 63.81 

 48.07 

 69.29 

 63.75 

 100.44 

 66.45 



33.55 

 31.65 

 27.68 

 27.24 

 27.22 

 24.60 

 22.74 

 23.09 

 23.04 

 22.55 

 21.66 

 21. 71 

 20.21 

 19.39 

 19.47 

 19.25 

 17.97 

 15.20 

 18.40 

 16.81 

 12.97 

 12.30 

 13.78 

 12.43 

 17.89 

 4.91 



86.47 

 90.45 

 85.59 

 85.71 

 87.38 

 88.94 

 86.01 

 86.58 

 89.72 

 91.59 

 89.36 

 90.35 

 86.18 

 89.60 

 83.17 

 87.86 

 84.96 

 80.89 



103. 43 

 94.81 

 79.96 

 73.08 

 83.31 

 78.92 



111.88 

 63.11 



38.80 



2 



34.99 



3 



32.34 



4 



31.78 



5 



31.15 



6 



27.66 



7 



26.44 



8 



26.67 



9 



25.68 



10 



24<62 



11 



24.24 



12 



24.03 



13 



23.45 



14 



21.64 



15 



23 41 



16 



21 91 



17 



21 15 



18 



18 79 



19 



17.79 



20 



17 73 



21 



16 22 



22 



16 83 



.23 



16 54 



24 





25 



15 99 



26 









Total 



336 



















Average ; 





11.11 



49.71 



17.29 



77.36 



20.68 



92.53 



22 35 











> Com meal (40 parts) + buttermilk (60 parts). 



