THE COMMERCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY. 
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weevils, was bought at $1.50 per 100 pounds, and fed with good results 
to four lots in this experiment. * Oatmeal gives slightly greater gains 
than low-grade wheat flour, but does not produce as economical gains 
at the present relative market prices of these two grains. 
The broilers and roasters were not separated at this station, but the 
average cost of gain at this station would undoubtedly have been 
reduced after the middle of October if the lots had been fed for a shorter 
period. The longer feeding at that time of the year produced a better 
quality of flesh, but at a rather excessive Gost compared with the cost 
earlier in the season on smaller chickens. No cripples or birds off feed 
were removed from the lots during this year, as has been the custom 
in previous seasons. The results for the season were very satisfactory. 
Table 5. — Summary of Experiment B, 1912, Station 1, 
feeding period. 
arranged according to length of 
Per cent of gain. 
Grain per. pound of gain. 
Number 
of head. 
Days 
* fed. 
: Average 
: weight. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
M 
igh. 
Low. 
Average. 
Pounds. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
900 
9 
3.60 
7.0 
5.74 
5,400 
10 
2.73 
28.0 
4.0 
13.7 
10.1 
2.36 
5.59 
2. 700 
11 
2.55 
34.0 
10.0 
19.7 
5.00 
1.94 
3.49 
5. 400 
12 
2.52 
31.0 
14.0 
22.2 
4.55 
2.35 
3.24 
17. 100 
13 
2.10 
51.0 
14.0 
30.1 
5.35 
1.89 
2.90 
27,900 
14 
2.22 
52.0 
10.0 
29.6 
7.38 
2.07 
3.32 
10.800 
15 
2.51 
35.0 
15.0 
23.4 
5. 37 
2.83 
4.04 
10,800 
16 
2.57 
34.0 
19.0 
25.3 
4.25 
2.69 
3.84 
5. 400 
17 
2.43 
45.0 
22.0 
29.7 
4.31 
2.69 
3.69 
3.600 
18 
2.34 
38.0 
32.0 
34.8 
3.56 
3.12 
3.39 
90. 000 
2.36 
26.7 
3. 58 
i 
Total cost of feed per 
Cost of labor per 
Total cost per 
pound 
pound of gain. 
pound of gain. 
of gain 
of head. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. High. Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
900 
11.54 
3.30 
14.84 
5.400 
20.49 
5.71 
11.57 
6.25 
1.57 
3.51 
26.74 
7.28 
15.08 
2.700 
10.06 
4.68 
7.29 
3.05 
1.44 
2.10 
13.11 
6.12 
9.39 
5, 400 
9.14 
5.70 
6.85 
2.19 
1.48 
1.70 
11.33 
7.-18 
.8.55 
17.100 
10.76 
4.57 
6.57 
2. 33 
1.18 
1.65 
13. 09 
5. 75 
8.22 
27 900 
14.84 
5.00 
7.08 
3.50 
1.14 
2.10 
18.34 
6.19 
9.18 
10.S0O 
10.79 
6.51 
8.75 
2. 52 1 1. 66 
2.04 
13.31 
8.17 
10.79 
10. 800 
9.77 
O. (O 
8.31 
2.28 J 1-13 
1.80 
12. 23 
6.88 
10.11 
5.400 
9. 21 
6.18 8.05 
2. 18 ' 1. 41 
1.68 
11.39 
7. 59 
9.73 
3.600 
7.62 
7.17 : 7.35 
1.50 i 1.41 
1.46 
9.12 
8.88 
S.81 
90, 000 
7. 7n 
1.99 
9.69 
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EXPERIMENT C, 1911. 
This experiment was conducted at Station 4, of which exterior and 
Ulterior views are shown in Plate I. The number of birds fed during 
the season totaled 117,151, which included 17,330 broilers and 55,010 
roasters. The results for all the birds are summarized in Table 6 
according to number of days fed, and the average results for the 
broilers and roasters, irrespective of length of feeding period, are 
shown separately as hi the other experiments. 
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