FEEDING CHICKENS FOR GROWTH. 



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fatteners. In another test made for the purpose of noting the 

 effects of age, on the development and fleshing of chickens, as 

 detailed beyond, it was incidentally shown that there is no 

 advantage in very close confinement. 



The tables which follow give the details of the experiments. 



CHICKENS CLOSELY CONFIXED IX COOPS AND FED THIRTY-FOUR DAYS 



AGE OF CHICKENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST— 130 DAYS. 









Live 



Weights During Experiment. 





To 

















Increase. 



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Chickens. 



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lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



1 



4 Plymouth Rocks . . 



1J.-2 



14.9 



17.3 



19.1 



21.7 



22. S 



10.6 



2.65 



16.5 



2 



4 Plymouth Rocks . . 



14. -2 



16.1 



1S.0 



20.4 



22.7 



23.9 



9.7 



2.42 



17.8 



3 



4 Plymouth Rocks .. 



16.0 



18.0 



20.1 



22.2 



24.3 



25.4 



9.4 



2.35 



19.5 



4 



4 Plymouth Rocks .. 



15.4 



17.9 



19. S 



22.0 



24.2 



24.9 



9.5 



2.37 



19.7 



5 



4 Plymouth Rocks .. 



14.5 



16. S 



IS. 8 



20.3 



22.8 



23.7 



9.2 



2.30 



18.4 



6 



4 Plymouth Rocks.. 



13.4 



15.0 



17.1 



18.6 



20.7 



22.0 



8.6 



2.15 



16.4 



7 



4 Plymouth Rocks .. 



16. "2 



18.2 



20.1 



21. S 



23.8 



24.2 



8.0 



2.00 



19.8 



8 



4 White Wyandottes 



14.8 



16.7 



18. S 



19.9 



21.6 



22.3 



7.5 



1.S7 



16.8 



9 





16.4 

 14. S 



19.2 

 17 2 



21.3 



19.0 



22.6 

 20.3 



24.4 



21.7 



25.5 

 22.4 



9.1 



7.6 



2.27 

 1.90 



19.0 



10 



4 White Wyamlottes 



Total weights ... 



Increase in weight. . 



16. S 





147.9 



170.0 

 22.1 



190.3 

 20.3 



207.1 



16.8 



227.9 



20. S 



237.1 

 9.2 







180.7 





89.2 



2.23 





Pounds of grain mixture required to produce a pound of gain 5.94. 



TWENTY CHICKENS (FOURTEEN PLYMOUTH ROCKS, FOUR WHITE 

 WYANDOTTES, TWO BRAHMAS) CONFINED IN HOUSE AND. SMALL 

 YARD AND FED THIRTY-FIVE DAYS. 



AGE OF CHICKENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST— 130 DAYS. 



Live Weight. 







Increase in weights. 



Total dressed 

 weights. 



August 24. ; September 28. 



Total. 



Each. 





Lbs. 



66.6 



Lbs. Lbs. 



116.0 49.4 



Lbs. 



2.47 



Lbs. 



92.0 



Pounds of grain mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 5.52 



