RATIONS FOR POULTRY IN THE PACKING HOUSE. 



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Table 12. — Weight lost in dressing poultry fed the control ration. 1 

 BROILERS. 





Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Average weight of birds. 



Percentage of final live 

 lost as— 



weight 



Cooler 



loss as 



per- 



Experiment No. 



Final 

 live. 



Dressed. 



Chilled. 



Blood. 



Feath- 

 ers. 



Cooler 

 loss. 



Total. 



centage 



of 

 dressed 

 weight. 



1 



12 

 12 

 12 

 6 

 6 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 4 

 4 

 4 



Ounces. 

 33.7 

 37.8 

 45.7 

 60.2 

 55.1 

 38.4 

 38.6 

 34.0 

 47.0 

 41.8 

 34.8 

 41.9 

 49.8 

 36.2 



Ounces. 

 30.5 

 34.1 

 41.1 

 53.7 

 49.0 

 35.1 

 35.0 

 33.4 

 42.3 

 37.3 

 30.9 

 37.8 

 44.4 

 32.4 



Ounces. 

 30.2 

 33.8 

 40.7 

 53.4 

 48.7 

 34.6 

 34.5 

 33.4 

 41.8 

 37.0 

 30.4 

 37.5 

 44.0 

 32.1 



3.96 

 4.30 

 3.77 

 4.07 

 4.07 

 3.74 

 3.23 

 4.60 

 3.91 

 4.02 

 4.18 

 4.11 

 5.23 

 3.53 



5.66 

 5.66 

 6.35 

 6.72 

 7.00 

 4.89 

 6.36 

 5.36 

 6.16 

 6.75 

 7.22 

 5.68 

 5.58 

 6.94 



1.00 

 .74 

 .97 

 .45 

 .43 



1.28 



1.36 

 .18 



1.03 

 .70 



1.14 

 .63 

 .79 

 .86 



10.62 

 10.70 

 11.09 

 11.24 

 11.50 

 9.91 

 10.95 

 10.14 

 11.10 

 11.47 

 12.54 

 10.42 

 11.60 

 11.33 



1.11 



2 



.82 



3 



1.08 



4 



.50 



5 



.48 



6 



1.40 



7 



1.50 



8 



.19 



9 



1.15 



10 



.79 



11 



1.29 



12 



.70 



13 



M 



,89 

 .95 



Total 



132 





















41.1 



37.2 



36.8 



4.01 



6.45 



.87 



11.33 



.97 



i 





SPRINGS. 



1 



12 

 12 



73.8 

 89.3 



64.9 

 78.6 



64.5 



78.2 



4.06 

 4.48 



8.06 

 7.49 



0.52 

 .41 



12.64 

 12.38 



0.59 



2 



.48 





Total 







24 























81.5 



71.7 



71.4 



4.27 



7.78 



.47 



12.52 



.54 











ROASTERS. 



1 



12 

 12 

 4 



102.9 

 94.9 



77.8 



91.0 

 85.6 

 68.4 



90.5 

 84.9 

 68.1 



4.05 

 4.16 

 4.25 



7.50 

 5.67 



7.77 



0.44 

 .74 

 .39 



11.99 

 10.57 

 12.41 



0.51 



2 



.81 



3 



.45 





Total 







28 























95.9 



85.5 



84.9 



4.13 



6.75 



.56 



11.44 



.63 











HENS. 



1 



11 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



85.2 

 101.5 

 69.8 

 87.1 

 92.4 

 82.6 

 87.2 

 77.2 



78.8 

 93.6 

 63.8 

 79.2 

 85.3 

 76.4 

 80.0 

 70.6 



78.4 

 93.1 

 63.7 

 79.0 

 85.1 

 76.2 

 79.4 

 70.5 



3.20 

 3.26 

 3.28 

 3.46 

 3.02 

 3.56 

 2.96 

 3.40 



4.31 

 4.54 

 5.20 

 5.68 

 4.70 

 4.02 

 5.29 

 5.07 



0.42 

 .45 

 .21 

 .20 

 .21 

 .21 

 .63 

 .40 



7.92 



8.25 

 8.69 

 9.34 

 7.93 

 7.79 

 8.88 

 8.87 



0.45 



2 



.48 



3 



.23 



4 



.21 



5 



.22 



6 



.23 



7 



.70 



8 



.44 







Total 



95 





















85.4 



78.4 



78.2 



3.27 



4.85 



.34 



8.46 



.37 









1 Corn meal M0 parts; + buttermilk (60 parts). 



