THE COMMEBCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY. 7 
BEEF SCRAP. 
Lots 44 to 70 received 1 part of shorts, 2 of low-grade flour, and 
3.5 of corn meal, with 6 per cent of tallow. Lots 71 to 100 received 
1 part of shorts, 3 of low-grade flour, and 10 of corn meal, with 6 
per cent of tallow. Lots 101 to 113 received 1 part of shorts, 1 of 
low-grade flour, and 2 of corn meal, with 6 per cent of tallow. Lots 
92, 94, and 95 received two-thirds of a pound of good quality dried 
meat scraps per 100 head, which amount of meat did not seem to 
affect either the gain or the cost of gain. The birds ate the feed well, 
but not any better than the lots which did not receive beef scrap. 
There does not appear to be any advantage in adding beef scrap 
to the regular ration if it contains plenty of milk. Beef scrap would 
probably be economical in a ration without milk, or where only a 
small amount of milk was available. Fresh meat was added to the 
fattening rations at several other packing houses in this State. In 
these cases the poultry houses were a part of a meat-packing estab- 
lishment, so that a supply of the best quality of meat was regularly 
available for feeding. Very good results were secured in feeding this 
meat in a ration containing 60 per cent of steel-cut oats, 40 per cent 
of corn meal, with about 7 per cent of tallow added. 
Table 4. — Summary of Experiment B, 1911, Station 1, arranged according to length of 
feeding period. 
Number 
of head. 
Da3*s 
fed. 
Average 
weight. 
Per cent of gain. 
Grain 
per pound of gain. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
1,350 
1,800 
10, 884 
17, 100 
43, 200 
14, 850 
9,900 
3,600 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
Pounds. 
3.50 
3.40 
3.10 
2.69 
2.60 
2.48 
2.04 
1.75 
Per cent. 
— i£6" 
31.0 
48.0 
49.0 
41.0 
48.0 
47.0 
Per cent. 
7.'6"' 
9.0 
8.0 
9.0 
11.0 
25.0 
33.0 
Per cent. 
9.0 
12.0 
17.7 
24.9 
26.2 
28.8 
33.3 
37.5 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
4.63 
4.85 
3.71 
3.18 
3.28 
* 3.23 
3.17 
3.29 
6.86 
5.67 
6.72 
8.23 
6.03 
4.18 
3.55 
2.83 
2.40 
2.01 
2.12 
2.40 
2.57 
2.93 
102, 684 
4, 500 bro 
2.56 
1.62 
26.0 
42.8 
3.33 
2.79 
ilers 
Number 
of head. 
Total cost of feed per 
pound of gain. 
Cost of labor per 
pound of gain. 
Total cost per pound 
of gain. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
1,350 
1,800 
10, 884 
17, 100 
43, 200 
14, 850 
9,900 
3,600 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
9.31 
11.28 
8.59 
7.30 
6.99 
6.59 
6.35 
6.01 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
3.03 
3.66 
2.32 
2.11 
1.85 
2.40 
1.88 
1.80 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
12.34 
14.94 
10.91 
9.41 
8.84 
8.99 
8.23 
7.81 
15.94 
13.45 
14.70 
18.00 
13.47 
8.28 
6.60 
6.61 
5.70 
4.75 
4.38 
5.51 
4.75 
5.38 
5.34 
3.70 
4.71 
4.00 
4.04 
L97 
1.98 
1.36 
1.28 
1.09 
1.37 
1.39 
1.58 
21.28 
17.15 
19.41 
22.00 
17.51 
10.97 
8.56 
8.59 
7.07 
6.03 
5.81 
6.88 
6.14 
6.96 
102, 684 
4, 500 bn 
7.20 
5.09 
2.00 
1.58 
9.20 
6.-67 
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