1$6 PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



•in which the whole grain, consisting of corn and 

 wheat, was scattered. Ground feed was fed dry in 

 hoppers which were constantly open to the fowls. 

 iThe dry mash consisted of a mixture of cornmeal, 

 wheat bran, wheat middlings, oil meal and beef 

 scrap. On pleasant fall and winter days the fowls 

 were allowed to run outside the house in one large 

 flock where they had free range. 



Amount and Cost of Feed Consumed 



Pounds Coat 



Cornmeal 3,441 $42.83 



Wheat bran 5.434 71.74 



Wheat middlings 2,932 39.82 



Oil meal 950 18.72 



Wheat 10.509.6 152.21 



Corn 8,952 103.81 



Beef scrap 2,443 57.70 



Green cut bone 178 1.33 



Ensilage 1,536 3.75 



Eye 1,120 16.80 



Ground oats 337 5.73 



Oy.ster shell 1,510 8 30 



Mica crystal grit 1.400 7.70 



Gallons 



Skim milk 205 4.10 



Total $534.59 



The table shows that it cost $534.59 to feed the 

 flock for the year, or an average of 89 cents a head. 

 The fowls consumed 36,296 pounds of grain, beef 

 scrap and ground fresh meat and bone, or an 

 average of 60 pounds a head ; also an average of 

 about 5 pounds of oyster shell and grit. 



The highest egg production for any month was 

 ■during March, when the fowls averaged 16% eggs 

 a head. After that month there was a gradual 

 dropping off until the close of the test. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the number of eggs produced 

 during the year. The prices used in this calcula- 

 tion are retail prices which prevailed in Morgan- 

 town for strictly fresh eggs during period shown. 



