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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



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TWENTY-FuUR PLYMOUTH BOCK CHICKENS FED TWENTY-EIGHT DAY? 

 WITH AND WITHOUT GREEN POOD. 



LIVE WEIGHTS DURING EXPERIMENT. 



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lbs. 

 5>o rape 14.1 



No rape 15.7 



No rape 15.4 



Rape 



No rape | 



Rape.. 



No rape 



Bape 



No rape 15.8 



Rare 



lbs. 

 16. 



lbs. 

 18.2 



lbs. 

 20.3 



17.8 



19.5 



21 .8 



17.6 , 



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2.01 



16.9 



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20.4 



15.4 



17.5 



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1S.9 



17.8 



19.7 



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21.5 



lbs. 

 22.6 



23.6 





21.0 



23.4 



4.1 

 3.8 



4.0 



4.3 

 3.7 

 3.9 



lbs. 



4.4 

 4.1 



3.2 



3.8 



3.5 



Were it not for the check coops I and 2, the query might arise 

 whether there might not be diminished gains from prolonged 

 confinement during the 3d and 4th weeks. Coops 1 and 

 2 received no green food at any time, and their gains 

 were a little better during the last than the first weeks. 

 Although from experience we are persuaded of the value and 

 even necessity of a free supply of green food for 3'oung growing 

 chickens and breeding fowls, in this short period with rations 

 composed so largely of milk, the growth was quite as satis- 

 factory without an accompaniment of green food. 



