POULTR\ EXPERIMENTS. 



13 



TWENTY-FIVE CHICKENS (MATES TO THOSE IN TABLE NEXT PRECEDING 

 THIS) CONFINED IN SMALL HOUSE AND FED 21 DAYS ON SAME FOOD 

 MIXTURE AS THOSE IN TABLE REFERRED TO. 



Live Weights. 



Increase in Weights. 



October 11. 



November 1. 



Lot. 



Each. 







11.2 pounds 



.45 pounds. 





Pounds dry meal mixture used, 189. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 16.87. 



FEEDING TEST NO. 7. 



The conditions were the same as with No. 6 except that the 

 porridge was made by use of skim-milk instead of water. The 

 results are given in the tables which follow : 



CHICKENS IN SMALL COOPS. 



FEED MIXED WITH MILK. 





Group. 



Live Weights during Test. 



Increase. 



ft 





 C 



O 



3 





 O 



3 



00 



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 09 

 fi 



O 



o 

 O 



SJ 







o 



O 



53 

 ,a 



a 



> 



e 



O 



a 

 » 



at 



6 



7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Four Plymouth Rock cockerels 



Lbs. 

 18.5 

 20.2 



20.8 

 18.7 

 22.0 



Lbs. 

 20.5 

 21.4 

 22.4 

 20.4 

 2S.3 



Lbs. 

 21.0 

 22. 6 

 22.8 

 21.0 

 25.2 



Lbs. 

 22.0 

 24.4 

 23.5 

 22.4 

 25.4 



Lbs. 

 3.5 

 4.2 

 2.7 

 3.7 

 3.4 



Lbs. 



.87 

 1.05 

 .67 

 .92 

 .85 





100.2 



108.0 



7.8 



112.6 

 4.6 



117.7 

 5.1 



17.5 



.875 

















Pounds of dry meal mixture used, 144. 



Pounds of skim milk used, 290. 



Pounds of dry mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 8.22. 



Length of feeding period, 21 days. 



Age of chickens at commencement of test, 160 days. 



