12 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1902. 



SIXTY-EIGHT CHICKENS (MATES TO THOSE IN GROUPS 1 AND 2) CON- 

 FINED IN SMALL HOUSE AND YARD, AND FED 28 DATS, ON SAME FOOD 

 AS THOSE IN GROUP 2. 



Live 



Weights. 



Increase ih Weights. 



July 25. 



August 22. 



Lot. 



Each. 



202.9 pounds 





116.5 pounds 1.713 pounds. 



Pounds of dry meal mixture used, 469.5. 



Pounds of skim milk used, S34. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 4. 03. 



FEEDING TEST NO. 6. 



The purposes and conditions were the same as with Xo. 4 

 excepting that the chickens were 160 days old. This test was 

 continued 21 days. The results are given in the following 



tables : 



CHICKENS IN SMALL COOPS. 

 EEED MIXED "WITH WATER. 





Group. 



Lite Weights during Test. 



Increase. 



F 

 



5> 



Si 

 Z 



Q 





 p 

 "3 



O 



c 

 







3 



> 

 c 

 z 



~ 







l 

 2 

 3 

 i 



5 



Four Plymouth Rock cockerels 



Four Plymouth Rock cockerels 



Lbs. 



17.4 

 19.7 

 19.7 



20.0 

 18.8 



Lbs. 



1S.1 

 20.6 

 20.6 

 21.3 

 19.8 



Lbs. 

 20.4 

 20.8 

 23.2 

 21.8 

 20.6 



Lbs. 

 22.4 

 21.4 

 23.3 

 22.8 

 21.3 



Lbs. 

 5.0 

 1.7 

 3.6 

 2.8 

 2.5 



Lbs. 

 1.25 

 .42 

 .90 

 .70 

 .62 





95.6 



100.4 

 4.8 



106.8 

 64 



111.2 



4.4 



15.6 



.78 



















Pounds of dry meal mixture used, 152. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, "9 74. 



Length of feeding period, 21 days. 



Age of chicken at commencement of test, 160 days. 



