POULTRY EXPERIMENTS. 



17 



CHICKENS FED WITH MEAT MEAL IN RATION. 





Group 1. 



Live Weights during Test. 



Increase. 



a 

 

 







O 

 O 



C 



c 



C 



02 



P 

 



O 



O 



s 





 







ei 



4) 



,0 



s 



V 











-1 



OS 



1 



2 





Lbs. 

 20.2 

 20.1 

 20.4 

 20.7 

 21.5 



Lbs. 

 22.3 



21.9 



22.8 

 22.4 

 22.1 



Lbs. 

 23.3 

 22.1 

 23.2 

 23.4 

 23.1 



Lbs. 

 23.6 

 22.4 

 23.6 

 23.8 

 23.3 



Lbs. 

 24.6 

 23.4 

 24.8 

 24.2 

 24.2 



Lbs. 

 4.4 

 3.3 

 4.4 

 3.5 

 2.7 



Lbs. 



1.10 



.82 



1.10 



4 





.87 



5 





.67 





102.9 



111.5 

 8.6 



115.1 

 3.6 



116.7 

 1.6 



121.2 



4.5 



18.3 



.915 











Pounds of dry grain mixture used in the test, 221. 



Pounds of mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 12.07. 



Age of birds at beginning of test, 161 days. 



Average weight of birds at beginning of test, 5.14 pounds. 



CHICKENS FED WITHOUT MEAT FOOD IN RATION. 





Group 2. 



Live Weights during Test. 



Increase. 



a 

 

 



.0 

 







3 

 ■0 









 O 



si 



S 

 C 

 O 

 O 



s*i 







£3 

 O 



O 



O 



oi 



s 



> 

 



*3 



O 







6 



7 





Lbs. 

 21.4 

 21.4 

 20.6 

 20.7 

 20.3 



Lbs. 

 22.0 

 22.1 

 22.9 

 22.2 

 21.6 



Lbs. 

 22.4 

 22.4 

 23.6 

 22.6 

 21.8 



Lbs. 

 22.5 

 22.4 

 24.4 

 22.8 

 22.8 



Lbs. 

 22.8 

 24.2 

 25.6 

 23.0 

 23.1 



Lbs. 

 1.4 



2.8 

 5.0 

 2.3 



2.8 



Lbs. 

 .35 



.70 



8 





1.25 



9 

 10 





.57 

 .70 





104.4 



110.8 

 6.4 



112.8 



2.0 



113.9 

 1.1 



118.7 



4.S 



14.3 



.715 











Pounds of dry grain mixture used in the test, 214. 



Pounds of mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 14.96. 



Age of birds at beginning of test, 161 days. 



Average weight of birds at beginning of test, 5.22 pounds. 



