INCREASE OF FLESH ON YOUNG CHICKENS. 



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Table 12. — Gain in live and chilled weights, total edible portion, protein, and fat pro- 

 duced by fleshing 1 carload (chilled weight, 20,000 pounds) of farm (unfleshed) broilers 

 for 14 days. 



Initial live weight (pounds) 



Gain in live weight by fleshing (per cent of initial live weight) 



Final live weight (pounds) 



G ain in live weight (pounds) 



Total shrinkage (killing, dressing, chilling) (per cent of final live 



weight) 



Chilled weight (pounds ) 



Total edible portion (meat, skin, edible viscera) (per cent of 



chilled weight) 



"Weight of total edible portion (pounds) 



Protein (per cent of total edible portion) 



Fat (per cent of total edible portion) 



Weight of protein in total edible portion (pounds) 



Weight of fat in total edible portion (pounds ) 



Crude gizzard fat (per cent of chilled weight) 



Weight of crude gizzard fat (pounds) 



Fat in crude gizzard fat (per cent) 



Fat in crude gizzard fat (pounds) 



Gain on 1 carload by fleshing: 



Chilled weight (pounds) 



Total edible portion (pounds) 



Protein of total edible portion (pounds) 



Fat of total edible portion (pounds) 



Fat of crude gizzard fat (pounds) 



Total fat (in total edible portion and crude gizzard fat) 



(pounds) 



Total gained fat deposited in total edible portion (per cent) 

 Crude gizzard fat gained (pounds) 



Farm. Ration A. Ration B. Ration C 



22,346.4 

 



22,346.4 



10.50 

 20.000.0 



.53.7 



10,740.0 



19.51 



8.51 



2, 095. 4 



914.0 



1.5 



300.0 



68.93 



206.8 



22,346.4 



5.00 

 23,463.7 

 1,117.3 



10.46 

 21,009.4 



53.8 

 11,303.1 

 18.29 

 14.68 

 2.067.3 

 1,659.3 

 3.8 

 798.4 

 82.18 

 656.1 



1, 009. 4 

 563.1 

 -28.1 

 745.3 

 449.3 



1,194.6 

 62.39 



498.4 



22,346.4 

 30. 36 



29.130.8 

 6,784.4 



10.67 

 26,022.5 



55.2 



14,364.4 



18.17 



15.73 



2,610.0 



2, 259. 5 



3.9 



1,014.9 



81.08 



822.9 



6,022. 

 3, 624. 

 +514. 

 1,345. 

 616. 



1,961. 

 68. 

 714. 



22,346.4 

 34.97 

 30, L60.9 



7,814.5 



10.92 



26,867.3 



55. 1 

 14,803.9 

 18.26 

 13.57 

 2.703.2 

 2,008.9 

 3.2 

 859.8 

 78.27 

 673.0 



6,867.3 

 4.063.9 

 +607.8 

 1,094.9 

 466.2 



1,561.1 

 70.14 

 559.8 



Table 12 shows that the gain in weight on one carload by fleshing 

 with Ration C amounts to about 6,867 pounds, or 845 pounds more 

 than was gained by Ration B. It is this gain in weight which makes 

 the properly managed feeding station profitable to the poultry 

 packer. The gain in edible meat of high quality amounts in round 

 numbers to 4,064 pounds with Ration C, and to 3,624 pounds with 

 Ration B, an important consideration to the consumer. This total 

 gain to the consumer is divided, in Ration C chickens, into 608 pounds 

 of protein and 1,561 pounds of fat, 1,095 pounds of the fat being 

 deposited in the muscle tissue and skin. It is also noteworthy that 

 with Ration C, 70.14 per cent of the fat gained by fleshing is deposited 

 in the edible portion of the bird rather than in the body cavity, a gain 

 of nearly 2 per cent, as compared with Ration B. 



SUMMARY. 



Rations composed of corn meal and water (A), corn meal and 

 buttermilk (B), and corn meal, distillers' grains and buttermilk (C) 

 have been fed to young chickens of less than 3 pounds in weight as 

 they came from the farm with the following results: 



(1) Ration A, after a two weeks' feeding period, gave a gain of 5 



per cent of the initial weight. 

 Ration B, after a two weeks' feeding period, gave a gain of 30.41 



per cent of the initial weight. 

 Ration C, after a two weeks' feeding period, gave a gain of 35.01 



per cent of the initial weight. 



