RATIONS FOR POULTRY IN THE PACKING HOUSE. 



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Table 16. — Composition of poultry fed the control ration. 1 



BROILERS. 



Experi- 

 ment No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 birds. 



Meat. 



Skin. 



Edible viscera. 



Gizzard fat. 



Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Water. 



Fat. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



1 



2 



3... 



4 



5 



6 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



Perct. 

 71.79 

 72.83 

 73.42 

 72.72 

 73.66 

 73.56 

 71.97 

 71.02 

 73.61 

 70.62 

 74.30 

 73.87 



Perct 

 6.76 

 6.16 

 5.73 

 6.57 

 5.00 

 4.56 

 7.73 

 8.04 

 4.90 

 8.95 

 4.61 

 4.75 



Perct. 

 19.56 

 19.00 

 20.38 

 17.25 

 19.13 

 21.55 

 20.75 

 20.13 

 20.69 

 20.06 

 20.63 

 20.56 



Perct. 

 33.20 

 35.46 

 41.02 

 44.83 

 39.50 

 38.66 

 48.10 

 43.25 

 39.87 

 41.68 

 48.31 

 37.66 



Perct. 

 56.69 

 47.63 

 45.98 

 40.42 

 47.78 

 49.40 

 36.12 

 43.59 

 47.38 

 45.17 

 37.70 

 51.64 



Perct. 

 9.44 

 12.75 

 12.13 

 13.31 

 12.50 

 11.81 

 14.69 

 13.00 

 11.25 

 12.81 

 13.56 

 11.94 



Per ct. 

 69.48 

 73.98 

 75.04 

 74.82 

 74.60 

 74.81 

 74.84 

 73.85 

 75.35 

 75.65 

 75.21 

 75.17 



Perct. 

 5.75 

 3.61 

 2.66 

 3.01 

 3.36 

 3.31 

 3.44 

 4.78 

 3.09 

 3.29 

 3.68 

 3.00 



Per ct. 

 19.00 

 18.00 

 18.75 

 18.63 

 19.81 

 19.69 

 20.13 

 18.44 

 20.50 

 19.44 

 19.44 

 19.56 



Perct. 

 11.48 

 11.37 

 14.00 

 23.68 

 13.00 

 18.87 

 16.61 

 15.48 

 14.52 

 13.57 

 15.15 

 13.88 



Perct. 

 86.25 

 87.98 

 83.32 

 69.39 

 81.69 

 78.43 

 78.87 

 81.11 

 82.26 

 83.02 

 81.88 

 85.60 



Perct. 

 2.27 

 2.25 

 3.38 

 5.13 

 2.56 

 4.13 



7 



8 



3.97 

 3 19 



9 



3.75 



10 



11 



12 



3.31 

 3.06 

 3.25 



Total.... 



43 

























Average. 



72.78 



6.15 



19.97 



40.96 



45.80 



12.43 



74.40 



3.58 



19.28 



15.14 



81.65 



3.35 



SPRINGS. 



1 



4 

 4 



73.20 



72.94 



4.69 

 4.73 



20.54 

 20.87 



38.41 

 36.94 



49.53 



11.69 



73.81 

 70.55 



3.30 

 3.70 



18.18 

 19.11 



13.67 

 11.23 



83.49 

 86.28 





2 



51.70 



10.46 













Total.... 



8 



























Average. 



73.07 



4.71 



20.76 



37.68 



50.67 



11.08 



73.68 



3.50 



18.65 



12.45 



84.89 





ROASTERS. 



1 



2 



4 

 4 



71.89 

 72.38 



6.11 

 5.86 



20.94 

 19.50 



38.22 

 42.67 



49.86 

 43.49 



i 

 11.75 1 73.88 

 12. 56 73. 73 



3.31 

 4.24 



20.25 

 18.94 



1,0.34 

 14.68 



88.03 

 81.87 













Total.... 



8 

























Average. 



72.14 



5.99 



20.22 



40.45 



46.68 



12.16 



73.81 



3.78 



19.60 



12.51 



84.95 





HENS. 



1 



4 

 4 

 4 



69.29 

 70.02 

 71.52 



8.21 

 7.35 



7.06 

 7.56 

 6.17 

 8.24 

 6.90 

 7.09 



21.75 

 21.38 



19.50 

 20.38 

 21.00 

 22.38 

 21.38 

 21.31 



27.95 

 26.89 

 30.48 

 30.26 

 28.90 

 25.54 

 27.95 

 30.35 



63.11 



63.72 

 60.48 

 60.41 

 63.09 

 65. 60 

 61.19 

 60.12 



8.81 

 9.31 

 10.69 

 9.19 

 9.81 

 9.25 

 11.31 

 10.19 



64.39 

 70.92 

 66.58 

 66.98 

 65.30 

 68.46 

 67.41 

 65.00 



15.55 

 10.02 

 12.21 

 11.65 

 15.09 

 8.69 

 11.79 

 14.90 



16.94 

 18.44 

 17.69 

 16.06 

 16.38 

 19.25 

 17.56 

 17.13 



9.32 

 19.39 

 12.93 

 12.44 

 10.73 

 8.10 

 8.35 

 8.39 



88.85 

 77.98 

 85.83 

 84.81 

 86.88 

 87.77 

 80.47 

 91.31 





2 





3 





4 



4 1 70.65 

 4 71.50 

 4 68.49 

 4 70. 38 

 4 j 69.92 





5 





6 





7 





8 









Total.... 



32 



























Average. 



70.22 



7.32 



21.14 



28.54 



62.22 



9.82 



66.88 



12.50 



17.43 



11.21 



85.50 





1 ('orn meal (40 parts,i + buttermilk (60 parts). 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 



EFFECTS OF RATIONS ON DIFFERENT CLASSES OF BIRDS. 



Broilers fed the rations containing a protein concentrate, such as 

 peanut meal, coconut meal, soy-bean meal, or meat scrap (Table 2), 

 made appreciably better gains than those given the control ration of 

 corn meal and buttermilk. In the majority of cases the other rations 

 proved of less value than the control ration. As they grow rapidly, 



