POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



be as great as 50 per cent and will usually average from 

 10 to 25 per cent even under good conditions. This in- 

 cludes weak and unthrifty chicks culled and those which 

 are lost or killed by rats, hawks and crows. These fac- 

 tors make it much more difificult to give reasonably 

 accurate figures on the feed cost of growing chickens, 

 especially figures which will be applicable to various con- 

 ditions and to different people. 



The amount of data available on chick feeding is also 

 very much more limited than the data on feeding hens. 

 The following table gives figures on the feed required to 

 rear chickens as secured at the Indiana experiment station, 

 at the Connecticut station and at the Canadian govern- 

 ment farm, Ottawa, Canada; 



Table VIII 



Feed Required to Grow Chickens 



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