THE COMMERCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY. 
13 
FEED. 
The ration throughout the season consisted of 3 parts of corn meal, 
2 parts of low-grade flour, and 5 per cent of shorts, mixed with con- 
densed buttermilk diluted with 1^ parts of water. The results plainly 
show that these proportions of corn meal and flour make a very satis- 
factory ration throughout the feeding season. The condensed butter- 
milk undoubtedly offsets the corn meal in this ration during hot 
weather, so that it is more satisfactorily fed with thick condensed 
buttermilk than if mixed with the ordinary buttermilk. 
Table 8. — Summary of Experiment D, 1911, Station 2, arranged according to length of 
feeding 'period. 
Per cent of gain. 
Grain per pound of gain. 
Number 
of head. 
Days 
fed. 
Average 
weight. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
Pounds. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
9,174 
6 
3.31 
9.0 
2.0 
7.4 
14.31 
3.45 
5.25 
14, 670 
7 
3.20 13.0 
2.0 
9.2 
16.74 
3.15 
5.58 
35, 462 
8 
2. 96 I 19. 
8.0 
13.4 
6.24 
2.68 
3.93 
11,012 
9 
2. 89 J 22. 
7.0 
14.8 
6.96 
2.62 
4.01 
5,570 
10 
2. 40 25. 
12.0 
20.1 
4.92 
2.72 
3.35 
2,172 
13 
2.21 ! 37.0 
28.0 
29.7 
4.09 
2.89 
3.11 
15,230 
14 
1.94 42.0 
19.0 
30.4 
5.54 
2.85 
3.82 
11,810 
15 
1.97 41.0 i 23.0 
30.2 
5.13 
2.92 
3.71 
3,340 
16 
1.97 ! 32.0 | 26.0 
27.4 
4.21 
3.73 
4.10 
1,360 
17 
1.80 
37.0 
3.38 
109, 800 
11,500 bn 
71, 928 ro 
2. 68 
18.0 
4.18 
1.79 
36.9 
4.27 
asters 
3.04 
12.0 
4.48 
Total ( 
;ost of feed per 
Cost of labor per 
Total cost per 
pound 
Number 
of bead. 
poi 
md of gain. 
pound of gain. 
of gain 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
9,174 
30.86 
7.48 
11.12 
6.72 
1.34 
2.27 
37.58 
8.89 
13.39 
14,670 
35.31 
6.79 
11.63 
6.80 
1.15 
2.04 
42.11 
8.05 
13.67 
35, 462 
13.60 
5.59 
8.31 
2.31 
.95 
1.40 
15.37 
6.54 
9.71 
11,012 
14.47 
5.26 
8.51 
2.50 
1.01 
1.44 
16.97 
6.27 
9.95 
5,570 
10.13 
5.31 
6.77 
1.81 
.98 
1.22 
11.94 
6.30 
'.99 
2,172 
9.98 
5.97 
6.37 
1.93 
1.14 
1.24 
11.91 
6.93 
7.61 
15, 230 
12.29 
5.67 
7.80 
2.26 
1.06 
1.43 
14.55 
6.73 
9.23 
11,810 
10.87 
5.76 
7.49 
1.73 
1.11 
1.42 
12.56 
6.87 
8.91 
3,340 
8.43 
7.35 
8.17 
1.73 
1.43 
1.66 
10.16 
8.78 
9.83 
1,360 
6.63 
1.29 
7.92 
109,800 
11,500 br 
71,928 ro; 
8.71 
1.56 
10 27 
8.87 
1.57 
10.44 
isters 
9.42 
1.66 
11.08 
EXPERIMENT D, 1912. 
The ration at Station 2 in 1912 was similar to that used in 1911, 
except that 2 to 3 per cent of bone and waste meat was fed at irregular 
intervals until the middle of September. A slightly larger (from 5 to 
10) per cent of shorts was fed during 1912 after the middle of Septem- 
ber, while this same per cent of a mixture of shorts and graham flour 
