86 EGG MONEY 



Ground Barley 28% 51 



Beef Scraps 69 39i^ 



Cut Green Bone 13 18 



Alfalfa Hay 11 18 



Oyster Shells 20 203/^ 



Grit 13 131^ 



It will be seen that those in pen No. 1 ate more beef 

 scraps and less of the meals than the fowls in pen No. 2. 

 We think that if the pullets in pen No. 1 had been fed by 

 the dry feed method from the time they were hatched in 

 spring until the experiment began, they would have been 

 more accustomed to the kind of food and would not have 

 consumed so much beef scraps, but more of the meals, 

 which would have given better results. Pen No. 1 pullets 

 appeared not to relish or like the dry mash as well as the 

 pullets in pen No. 2 did their damp mash at noon. 



The following table shows the cost of food and the 

 results obtained from each pen: 



Pen No. 1. Pen No. 2. 



Cost of food for 2 months $6 . 857 $6 . 844 



Dozens of eggs received, total 93 7-12 101)^ 



Value of eggs at 27c, average price, $25 . 28 $27 . 45 

 Average number of eggs per day ... 18.2 19.6 



Nutritive ratio of food consumed . . 1 :4 . 1 1 :5 



It was noticeable at the close pf the experiment that 

 the pullets in pen No. 2 were in better condition of health 

 than the pullets in pen No. 1. This we think was due to 

 the fact that the birds in pen No. 1 ate too much beef scraps 

 which made the ration too narrow or stimulating, but if the 

 beef scraps had been mixed with the meals in the same pro- 

 portion as in the damp mash fed to pen No. 2, we think 

 that they would have done equally well. Another pen of 

 Leghorn pullets was fed the same as pen No. 1 pullets, ex- 

 cept that the beef scraps were mixed with the meals in 

 about the same proportions as in the damp mash that pen 

 No. 2 received. 



This third pen of pullets did as well as pen No. 2 as re- 

 gards egg yield and condition of health at close of experi- 

 ment, but as it contained varying numbers and for other 

 reasons, we did not keep an accurate account of food con- 

 sumed. 



