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BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 15. — Composition of poultry before feeding . 

 BROILERS. 



F 



xperiment 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Meat. 



Skin. 



Edible viscera. 



Crude gizzard 

 fat. 





Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Water. 



Fat. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Per ct. 

 75.41 

 75.70 

 75.57 

 75.16 

 75.00 

 74.63 

 74.46 

 75.64 

 74.89 

 72.97 

 74.82 



Per ct. 

 3.02 

 2.37 

 1.79 

 3.78 

 3.03 

 3.61 

 3.42 

 2.17 

 2.58 

 3.53 

 3.91 



Per ct. 

 19.88 

 20.38 

 20.63 

 20.06 

 21.00 

 21.19 

 21.63 

 21.19 

 21.94 

 22.63 

 21.31 



Per ct. 

 58.15 

 59.07 

 61.26 

 53.43 

 54.88 

 57.96 

 56.40 

 60.93 

 57.45 

 43.76 

 56.87 



Per ct. 

 23.98 

 22.12 

 17.49 

 28.78 

 25.25 

 24.86 

 25.33 

 17.42 

 22.72 

 41.69 

 25.00 



Per ct. 

 16.88 

 17.63 

 19.88 

 16.75 

 18.25 

 16.88 

 17.44 

 20.50 

 19.19 

 14.25 

 18.00 



Per ct. 

 72.43 

 73.96 

 74.73 

 74.00 

 73.73 

 75.46 

 75.21 

 75.22 

 73.83 

 74.64 

 75.12 



Per ct. 

 2.26 

 2.52 

 2.01 

 3.25 

 2.82 

 2.68 

 2.55 

 2.11 

 3.53 

 2.35 

 4.00 



Per ct. 

 20.19 

 19.88 

 20.75 

 18.50 

 18.56 

 20.63 

 21.00 

 20.88 

 20.56 

 19.75 

 19.19 



Per ct. 

 32.00 

 27.53 

 41.57 

 29.87 

 20.47 

 29.26 

 35.77 

 37.80 

 36.84 

 11.31 

 40.16 



Per ct. 

 60.74 



2 



65.61 



3 



47.16- 



4 



60.99 



5 



72.81 



6 



64.08 



7 



54.57 



8 



51.14 



9 



50. 49 



10 



87.03 



11.. 



45.86 





Total 







66 



























74.93 



3.02 



21.08 



56.33 



24.97 



17.79 



74.39 



2.73 



19.99 



31.14 



60.04 











SPRINGS. 



1 



6 

 6 



73.52 

 72.73 



2.30 

 3.66 



22.38 

 21.69 



55.06 

 44.96 



24.54 

 38.61 



19.31 

 15.13 



74.33 

 73.92 



1.69 

 2.23 



20.09 

 20.75 



29.40 

 11.12 



61.41 



2 



85.17 





Total.... 







12 



























73.13 



2.98 



22. 04 



50.01 ■•' 



17.22 



74.13 



1.96 



20.42 



20.26 



73.29 















ROASTERS. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 



72.38 

 72.25 

 75.01 



3.98 

 4.71 

 2.07 



21.94 

 21.60 

 21.69 



40.48 

 43.79 

 61.57 



45.79 

 41.04 

 18.24 



13.51 

 14.24 

 20.06 



73.84 

 73.30 

 75.32 



2.72 



3.20 

 2.06 



20.84 

 20.55 

 20.06 



9.80 

 14.14 

 44.94 



87.94 



2 



83.00 



3... 



42.00 





Total . 







18 



























73.21 



3.59 



21.76 



48.61 



35.02 



15.94 



74.15 



2.66 



20.48 



22.96 



70.98 











HENS. 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



70.54 

 69.23 

 68.94 

 70.30 

 70.03 

 71.10 

 70.22 

 72.36 



7.30 

 8.33 

 8.14 

 6.76 

 6.68 

 5.18 

 7.41 

 5.38 



20.94 

 20.88 

 21.31 

 22.00 

 21.25 

 21.88 

 21.31 

 21.75 



27.90 

 25.77 

 24.66 

 27.16 

 27.69 

 34.35 

 29.84 

 32.23 



62.54 

 63.73 

 66.97 

 62.20 

 62.23 

 53.97 

 60.42 

 58.58 



8.69 

 9.38 

 6.88 

 10.63 

 10.19 

 11.44 

 9.50 

 10.63 



72.76 

 69.10 

 72.34 

 70.58 

 71.51 

 69.70 

 70.40 

 72.04 



6.08 

 9.19 

 5.12 

 6.44 

 5.26 

 8.03 

 7.61 

 6.29 



19.56 

 18.13 

 19.81 

 20.38 

 20.25 

 18.69 

 18.63 

 19.00 



8.99 

 8.43 

 8.92 

 8.56 

 10.52 

 12.76 

 12.28 

 11.39 



89.17 



2 



89.54 



3 



88.94 



4 



89.15 



5 



86.58 



6 



81.51 



7 



84.56 



8 



88.88 







Total 



48 

























Average.. 



70.34 



6.90 



21.41 



28.70 



61.33 



9.67 



70.99 



6.75 



19.31 



10.23 



87.29 



