POULTBY FATTENING IN ICNGLAND. 69 



in the birds he exhibited at the Dairy Show of 1894. 

 Twenty-four birds in all were put up for fattening, 

 nine cockerels and fifteen pullets, and the total ga(in, 

 after the birds had been killed and plucked, was 

 57 lb. B^ oz., the greatest gain being 2 lb. 15|^ oz. in 

 the case of a Houdan-Indian Game pullet. The birds 

 were kept under the process from September 10th to 

 October 8th, a period of twenty-eight days, but the 

 prolongation was for a special purpose. The follow- 

 ing is the increase of weight during the process of 

 fattening : — 



lb. oz. 



Gain first week (September 10th to 17tb) . . 11 4 



,, second week (September 17th to 24th) . . 32 11 



„ third week (September 24th to October 1st) 8 14 



,, last week (October 1st to 8th) weighed dead 2 6J 



Total gain on 24 birds (September 10th to 



October 8th) 55 3J 



This shows that the greatest amount of gain was 

 during the first and second weeks. The average 

 gains during the different periods are of interest : — 



Total average gain over the entire period . . . . 2 6 



It is interesting in this connection to show the respec- 

 tive gains of the various breeds and crosses amongst 

 the birds used for the experiment : — 



