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BULLETIN 1052, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table 13. — Distribution of weight of poultry before feeding . 

 BROTLERS. 





Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Total. 



Chilled weight. 



Experiment No. 



Meat. 



Skin. 



Giz- 

 zard 

 fat. 



Edi- 

 ble or- 

 gans. 



Eggs. 



Total 

 edi- 

 ble. 



Offal. 



Bones. 



Total 

 inedi- 

 ble. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Ozs. 

 23.2 

 25.8 

 22.3 

 28.2 

 31.6 

 25.6 

 38.2 

 33.2 

 23.6 

 27.4 

 27.7 

 33.9 

 26.0 

 24.2 

 35.7 

 44.0 

 21.7 

 29.8 

 26.7 



p.ct. 



38.98 

 43.66 

 40.11 

 41.55 

 43.73 

 39.19 

 41.68 

 42.94 

 3S.01 

 40.94 

 40.98 

 40.50 

 43.63 

 36.24 

 35.84 

 40.43 

 38.63 

 41.46 

 38.95 



P.ct. 

 7.38 

 7.42 

 7.75 

 8.23 

 6.96 

 8.27 

 7.77 

 6.99 

 7.96 

 6.82 

 6.87 

 7.63 

 7.02 

 6.65 

 8.21 

 7.20 

 6.94 



10.13 

 7.05 



P.ct. 

 1.26 

 1.20 



.90 

 2.08 



.79 

 1.10 



.99 



.58 

 1.55 

 1.11 



.91 

 1.75 

 1.00 



.74 

 2.68 



.78 

 1.39 

 2.95 

 1.10 



P.ct. 



6.83 

 6.54 

 7.80 

 6.56 

 6.17 

 6.86 

 6.85 

 7.50 

 7.47 

 7.37 

 6.58 

 6.56 

 6.84 

 7.21 

 6.52 

 6.07 

 6.55 

 5.62 

 7.76 



P.ct. 



P. ct. 

 54.45 

 58.82 

 56.56 

 58.42 

 57. 65 

 55.42 

 56.30 

 57.45 

 54.99 

 56.21 

 55.34 

 56.44 

 58.49 

 50. 84 

 53.24 

 54.48 

 53.51 

 60.16 

 54.86 



P.ct. 

 27.76 

 24.36 

 26.77 

 25.40 

 24.68 

 25.92 

 25. 21 

 25.02 

 29.02 

 27.01 

 26.36 

 25.89 

 25.67 

 26.96 

 32.71 

 22.11 

 27.12 

 22.06 

 27.55 



P.ct. 

 17.79 

 16.82 

 16.66 

 16.17 

 17.67 

 18.66 

 17. 50 

 16.96 

 15.98 

 16.78 

 18.30 

 17.67 

 15.83 

 22.21 

 14.04 

 23.39 

 19.37 

 17.78 

 17.59 



P.ct. 



43. 55 



2 



41.18 



3 



43.44 



4 



41.58 



5 



42. 35 



6 



44.58 



7 



43.70 



8 



42. 57 



9 



45.01 



JO 



43. 79 



11 



44.66 



12 



43.56 



13 



41.51 



11 



49. 16 



15 



46.76 



16 



45.52 



17 



46.49 



18 



39.84 



19 



45.14 









Total 



114 

























28.9 



40.39 



7.54 



1.31 



6.82 





56.06 



26.19 



17.75 



43.94 









SPRINGS. 



1 



6 

 6 



47.5 

 57.8 



46.43 

 45.40 



7.89 

 9.73 



6.46 

 5.43 



0.80 

 3.06 





61.58 

 63.62 



22.15 

 21.15 



16.28 



15.24 



38.43 



2..,--. 



36. 39 





Total 







12 



























52.6 



45.92 



8.81 



5.95 



1.93 





62.61 



21.65 



15.76 



37.41 











ROASTERS. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 



72.0 



64.9 

 58.9 



44.48 

 43.36 

 44.32 



11.07 

 10.26 

 7.12 



5.02 

 5.89 

 6.13 



4.44 



3.89 



.68 





65.01 

 63.40 



58.25 



19.41 

 21.48 

 23.98 



15.55 

 15.11 



17.78 



34.99 



2 



36.60 



3 



41.75 





Total 







18 



























62.3 



44.05 



9.48 



5.68 



3.00 





62.21 



21.62 



16.15 



37.77 











HENS. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



67.2 

 85.0 

 67.7 

 74.7' 

 72.7 

 67.5 

 77.2 

 62.5 



40.19 



13.67 



9.62 

 11.71 

 12.08 



8.23 

 10.37 



7.94 

 10.88 



8.09 



4.81 

 4.94 

 4.26 

 4.89 

 4.55 

 5.64 

 4.57 

 4.74 



1.95 



2.57 

 4.25 

 3.45 

 1.63 

 1.76 

 2.05 

 1.36 



70.24 

 71.62 

 73.15 

 69.35 

 70.42 

 67.98 

 71.67 

 70.29 



18.75 



11.02 



29.77 



2 



39.05 13.35 

 36.77 15-79 



18.25 1 10.20 

 16.66 > 10.19 

 18.94 : 11.72 

 18. 52 11. 05 



28.45 



3 



26.85 



4 



37.80 

 39.16 

 39.31 

 38.55 

 40.09 



14.98 

 14.71 

 13.33 

 15.62 

 16.01 



30.64 



5 



29.57 



6 



20.45 

 17.03 

 17.92 



11.57 

 11.28 

 11.78 



32.02 



7 



28.31 



8 



29.70 







Total 



48 























70.1 



38. S7 



14.68 



9.87 



4.80 



2.38 



70.59 



18.32 11-10 



29.42 













