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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



1901. 



WEIGHTS OF EGGS, AND WEIGHTS ASD PERCENTAGES OF SHELL 

 (REFUSE), WHITE, ASD YOLK AS PREPARED FOR ANALYSIS. 



> g 



Weight Boiled. 





Turkey 6387 a 



b 



Grams Grains 

 109.6 12.2 



Goose. 



63>- 



d... 

 Avg. 



i .. 



104.2 

 102.0 

 106.4 

 105.5 

 195-6 

 190.4 

 171.0 

 191.0 

 194.0 

 200.4 



Arg. 190.4 

 Duck 6390 a.... 66.2 



b.. 



d ... 

 Avg. 

 Guinea fowl 6391 a 



67.6 

 72.6 

 76.0 



70.6 

 40.4 



Hens' t. 



b.... 41.8 

 38.8 



a.... 



Avg. 



39.6 

 40.2 



11.6 



11.8 

 11.4 

 11.7 

 23.6 

 24.6 

 24.4 

 23.8 

 24.4 

 24.0 



Grams 

 62.2 

 59.4 

 57.4 

 61.4 

 60.1 

 101. S 

 98.0 

 89.6 

 98.4 

 100.4 

 102.8 



24.1 98.5 

 34.0 



7.0 

 7.6 

 7.6 

 7.2 

 5.8 

 6.2 

 5.2 

 5.2 

 5.6 



35.2 



37.0 

 40.0 

 36.5 

 20.4 

 22.4 

 19.6 

 21.0 

 20.9 



Grams Grams 

 32.4 106.S 

 101.4 

 99.2 



30.4 

 30. 

 30.6 

 30.9 

 66.6 

 64.0 

 55.4 

 66.4 

 67-2 

 69.2 

 64.8 

 22.6 

 23.2 

 25.0 

 26.6 

 24.4 

 13.2 

 11.4 

 12.8 

 12.6 

 12.5 



103.4 



102.7 



192.0 



186.6 



169.4 



188.6 



192.0 



196.0 



187.4 



63.2 



65.4 



69.6 



74.2 



68.1 



39.4 



40.0 



37.6 



3S.8 



39.0 



% 



% 



11.4 



58.3 



11.4 



58.6 



11.9 



57.9 



11.0 



59.4 



11.4 



56.5 



12.3 



53.0 



13.2 



52.5 



14.4 



52.9 



12.6 



52.2 



12.7 



52.3 



' 12.2 



32.5 



12.8 



52.6 



10.4 



53.8 1 



10.7 



.53.8 



10.9 



53.2 



10.2 



53.9 1 



10.6 



53.6 



14.7 



51.8 



15.5 



56.0 



13.8 



52.2 



13.4 



54.1 



14.4 



53.6 



11.2 





30.3 

 30.0 

 30.2 

 29.6 

 30.1 

 34.7 

 34.3 

 32.7 

 35.2 

 35.0 

 35.3 

 34.6 

 35. S 

 35.5 

 35-9 

 35.9 

 35.8 

 33.5 

 28.5 

 34.0 

 32.5 

 32.0 



*The decrease in -weight includes loss in preparation of sample, as -well as 

 -diminished -weight due to cooking. 



t Average of 34 samples, page 53, Bulletin 28 of the Office of Experiment Stations . 



