12 



BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table 11. — Weight lost in dressing poultry before feeding. 



BROILERS. 





Experiment No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Average weight of birds. 



Percentage of final weight lost as- 



Cooler 

 loss as 





Final 

 live. 



Dressed. 



Chilled. 



Blood. 



Feath- 

 ers. 



Cooler 

 loss. 



Total. 



per- 

 centage 



of 

 dressed 

 weight. 



1 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



12 



12 



6 



12 



12 



6 



6 



6 



Ounces. 

 26.3 

 29.1 

 25.2 

 31.7 

 35.4 

 28.7 

 44.1 

 38.0 

 26.1 

 30.8 

 30.5 

 37.5 

 30.7 

 29.6 

 40.7 

 33.9 

 30.5 



Ounces. 

 23.4 

 26.1 

 22.5 

 28.5 

 31.8 

 25.8 

 38.5 

 33.4 

 23.6 

 27.8 

 27.2 

 34.0 

 27.5 

 26.4 

 36.1 

 30.1 

 26.8 



Ounces 

 23.2 

 25.8 

 22.3 

 28.2 

 31.6 

 25.6 

 38.2 

 33.2 

 23.6 

 27.3 

 27.0 

 33.9 

 27.4 

 26.0 

 35.7 

 29.8 

 26.7 



3.97 

 3.73 

 4.27 

 4.23 

 3.61 

 4.24 

 4.82 

 4.32 

 3.90 

 3.76 

 3.60 

 3.76 

 4.11 

 4.08 

 4.83 

 3.39 

 4.15 



7.16 

 6.76 

 6.33 

 5.99 

 6.43 

 5.68 

 7.89 

 7.75 

 5.92 

 5.72 

 7.25 

 5.41 

 6.56 

 6.66 

 6.57 

 7.90 

 7.91 



0.76 

 1.00 

 .71 

 .79 

 .51 

 .80 

 .83 

 .60 



1.65 

 .57 

 .40 

 .28 

 .43 



1.08 

 .69 

 .28 



11.89 

 11.49 

 11.31 

 11.01 

 10.55 

 10.72 

 13.54 

 12.67 



9.75 

 11.13 

 11.42 



9.57 

 10.95 

 12.17 

 12.48 

 11.98 

 12.34 



0.85 



2... 



1.11 



3 



.78 



4 



.89 



5 



.57 



6 



.89 



7 



.95 



8 



.69 



9 





10 



1. 83 



11 



.65 



12 



.43 



13 



.31 



14 



.49 



15 



1.22 



16 



.78 



17 



.33 





Total 







126 























30.8 



28.5 



28.3 



4.02 



6.67 



.68 



11.37 



.76 











SPRINGS. 



1 



6 



6 



54.8 

 66.0 



47.7 

 58.5 



47.5 

 57.8 



4.70 

 4.06 



8.23 



7.40 



0.43 



1.04 



13.36 

 12.50 



0.51 



2 



1.18 





Total 







12 























60.4 



53.1 



52.6 



4.38 



7.81 



.74 



12.93 



.85 











ROASTERS. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 



82.7 

 74.3 

 67.2 



72.2 

 65.2 

 59.2 



72.0 

 64.9 

 58.9 



4.05 



4.05 

 3.46 



8.65 

 8.20 

 8.40 



0.19 

 .37 

 .52 



12.89 

 12.62 

 12.38 



0.22 



2 



.42 



3.. 



.60 





Total 







18 























74.7 



65.5 



65.4 



3.85 



8.42 



.36 



12.63 



.41 











HENS. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



73.8 

 92.3 

 74.0 

 82.1 

 81.0 

 74.3 

 85.3 

 69.0 



67.5 



85.2 



68.0 



74.9 



73.6- 



67.8 



77.4 



62.9 



67.2 



85.0 

 67.7 

 74.7 

 72.7 

 67.5 

 77.2 

 62.5 



3.28 

 2.37 

 3.61 

 2.80 

 3.55 

 3.78 

 3.88 

 3.54 



5.23 



5.55 

 4.56 

 5.98 

 5.63 

 4.92 

 5.37 

 5.37 



0.36 

 .18 

 .33 

 .24 

 .25 

 .41 

 .25 

 .44 



8.87 

 7.88 

 8.50 

 9.02 

 9.43 

 9.11 

 9.50 

 9.35 



0.39 



2 



.2f) 



3 : 



.35 



4 



.27 



5 



.27 



6 



.45 



7 



.27 



8 



.48 





Total 







48 





















Average 



79.0 



72.1 



71.8 



3.35 



5.33 



.31 



8.99 



.34 











