1(3 BULLETIN 21. U. S. DEPABTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
in producing gains. At Station 1 during the greater part of the sea- 
son the birds received a light feed in the rooming and a heavy feed 
at night, thus getting the bulk of then feed in one meal. Some small 
tests in cram ming , the results of which were not recorded, produced 
very good results by feeding only once daily. The advantage of 
feeding twice as against three times daily depends on other factors 
as much as on the efficiency of the use of feed, so that each feeder must 
decide that question for himself. Very good results can be secured 
by either method. There appears to be less danger of overfeeding 
when feeding only twice daily, but a more experienced feeder is 
required to regulate the amount to feed in two meals than in three 
in order to get the greatest amount of feed into the bird. Apparently 
under average conditions the birds will consume more feed in three 
meals daily, but will use then feed more efficiently if fed twice, pro- 
vided that they receive enough feed. 
THE USE OF CON'DIMENTaL FEEDS. 
A commercial preparation claimed by the manufacturers to stimu- 
late the appetites of birds which are being fattened was fed hi 
Experiment B to lots 1 to 12. Later in the season the test was 
repeated by feeding this preparation to lots 23 to 37. It did not 
appear to stimulate the birds 3 appetites, as the gains of other lots, fed 
before and after those which received this substance, did not show 
there was any advantage in feeding it. 
Oil of aniseed mixed with pure carbolic acid, and fed at the rate 
of one tablespoonful to every 2.000 birds, had been used by one of 
the feeders in some previous work. It was claimed to have increased 
the appetite of the birds., but it made the bones brittle, so that its 
use prevented good dressing. 
THE USE OF SALT AND GRIT. 
Fine salt was fed in Experiments C and D at the rate of -A pounds 
of salt to 10,000 head, without producing any apparent results. The 
feeders at these stations believed that salt in the feed kept the birds 
from picking each other, so that when this vice is prevalent it may 
pay to feed salt, otherwise there is no advantage hi adding salt to 
the ration. 
Grit was given to the birds in Experiment B twice weekly during 
the first month of the feeding season, but no grit was fed at any of 
the other stations. At the end of the month the feeding of grit was 
stopped without any apparent effect . and was not fed any more dur- 
ing the season. Birds in good health which are fattened not longer 
than 16 days do not need grit, as grit increases the cost of feed and 
labor without producing better gains. 
