FEED COST OP EGG PRODUCTION. 

 Table 1. — Pens, rations, and conditions — Continued. 













Feed. 



Pen 



Date experi- 

 ment began. 



Number 

 of pullets. 



Breed. 



How kept. 







No. 

















Scratch mixture. 



Mash. 



6 



Jan. 25,1913 



30 



11 Barred Plymouth 

 Rocks, 1 White 

 Plymouth Rock, 3 

 White Orpingtons, 

 3 Buff Orpingtons, 

 9 White Wyan- 

 dottes, 3 Rhode 

 Island Reds. 



Free range . . 



i cracked corn, 

 \ wheat, \ oats, 

 \ barley. 



Beef scrap and a 

 mixture of equal 

 parts corn meal 

 and middlings in 

 separate hoppers . 



7 



Dec. 1,1913 



30 



White Leghorns 



Yarded 



Same as for Pen 1 



Same as for Pen 3. 



8 



do 



30 



White Leghorns 



Free range . . 



do 



4 per cent bran ; 4 

 per cent mid- 

 dlings, 66 per 

 cent corn meal, 

 26 per cent beef 



q 



do 



30 





....do 



do 



i bran, J middlings, 

 h corn meal. 









Rocks, 2 White 













Plymouth Rocks, 















11 Buff Orping- 















tons, 8 Rhode Is- 















land Reds. 









10 



Nov. 1,1914 



8 



4 Rhode Island 



do 



do 



3 parts bran, 1 part 









Reds, 3 Crosses, 1 







middlings, 2 









Barred Plymouth 







parts corn meal, 









Rock. 







3 parts cotton- 

 seed meal. 



n 



do 



8 



4 Rhode Island 

 Reds, 3 Crosses, 1 

 Barred Plymouth 

 Rock. 



do 



do 



2 parts bran, 1 part 

 middlings, 2 

 parts corn meal, 

 J part beef scrap, 

 2 parts cotton- 

 seed meal. 



1? 



do 



8 



5 Rhode Island 

 Reds, 2 Crosses, 1 



do 



do 



















Barred Plymouth 















Rock. 









13 



Jan. 19,1915 



18 



7 Rhode Island 

 Reds, 6 Crosses, 3 



do...... 



do. 



1 part bran, 1 part 

 middlings, 2 















Barred Plymouth 







parts corn meal, 









Rocks, 2 Buff Or- 







1 part fish meal. 









pingtons. 









14 



do 



18 



6 Rhode Island 

 Reds, 8 Crosses, 2 



do 



.....do 



1 part bran, 1 part 

 middlings, 2 















Buff Orpingtons, 







parts corn meal, 









2 Barred Ply- 







lpart beef scrap. 









mouth Rocks. 









15 



Mar. 2,1915 



24 



13 White Leghorns, 



do 



do. ..... 











11 Barred Ply- 















mouth Rocks. 









16 



do 



12 



7 Barred Plymouth 



do 



do 











Rocks, 5 White 















Leghorns. 









All parts are by weight. 



METHODS OF FEEDING. 



The scratch mixture of whole or cracked grains was fed twice daily 

 in 2 to 3 inches of straw litter on the floor of each pen, feeding 

 about one-third of the grain in the morning and the rest at night. 

 Hoppers containing a dry mash, or mixture of ground grains, were 

 kept open before the fowls all the time. The amount of the scratch 

 mixture was fixed during 1912 and 1913 so that the fowls ate about 

 one-third mash and two-thirds grain. As there appeared to be a 

 tendency for all the hens except the Leghorns to become too fat and 

 not exercise enough under this method, the amount of scratch grains 

 was reduced in 1914 so that the hens ate about equal parts of the 



