THE COMMERCIAL FATTENING OF POULTRY. 
Table 3. — Summary of Experiment A, 1912, Station 3, arranged according to length 
of feeding period. 
Number 
of head. 
Days 
fed. 
Average 
Per cent of gain. 
Grain per pound 
of gain. 
weight. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
.High. 
Low. 
Average. 
748 
5,456 
5,640 
22, 656 
18, 240 
18,480 
10,880 
4,160 
3,200 
288 
321 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
21 
Pounds. 
3.60 
3.13 
3.14 
2.59 
2.48 
2.26 
1.99 
1.89 
1.88 
1.63 
2.26 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
6.0 
11.6 
7.70 
14.4 
18.7 
20.4 
26.0 
26.9 
33.6 
3.0 
35.0 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
5.40 
4.88 
6.85 
5.22 
3.92 
3.87 
3.51 
3.49 
3.64 
5.07 
4.27 
17.0 
16.0 
23.0 
28.0 
41.0 
40.0 
31.0 
37.0 
4.0 
5.0 
5.0 
8.0 
6.0 
13.0 
21.0 
30.0 
10.53 
8.35 
9.04 
6.67 
9.96 
4.02 
4.46 
4.69 
2.98 
3.44 
2.84 
2.65 
2.75 
3.11 
2.75 
2.98 
90,069 
10,852 br< 
23,490 roj 
2.44 
1.69 
3.24 
18.6 
25.7 
9.2 
4.42 
3.80 
6.83 
)ilers 
isters 
Number 
of head. 
Total cost of feed per Cost of labor per 
pound of gain. pound of gain. 
Total cost per pound 
of gain. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
High. 
Low. 
Average. 
748 
5,456 
5,640 
^22, 656 
18,240 
18, 480 
10,880 
4,160 
3,200 
288 
321 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
9.60 
9.13 
12.87 
9.81 
7.67 
8.78 
7.01 
6.93 
7.22 
9.37 
8.51 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
1.91 
1.79 
2.44 
1.82 
1.31 
1.70 
1.43 
1.43 
1.27 
1.82 
1.39 
Cents. 
Cents. 
Cents. 
11.51 
10.92 
15.31 
11.63 
8.98 
10.48 
8.44 
8.36 
8.49 
11.19 
9.90 
19.35 
15.77 
17.46 
12.94 
19.29 
8.14 
8.84 
9.01 
5.42 
6.63 
5.48 
5.09 
5.56 
6.39 
5.67 
6.06 
4.02 
3.11 
3.43 
2.13 
3.78 
1.70 
1.59 
1.52 
1.06 
1.15 
.95 
.84 
.92 
1.11 
1.17 
1.09 
23. 37 
18.88 
20.89 
15.07 
23.07 
9.67 
10.37 
10.53 
6.55 
7.78 
6.40 
6.11 
6.48 
7.55 
6.84 
7.30 
90,069 
10,852 br 
23,490 ro£ 
8.74 
7.37 
12.85 
1.63 
1.60 
2.42 
10.37 
8.97 
15.27 
EXPERIMENT B, 1911. 
The total number of chickens fed in this experiment at Station 1 
was 102,684, the. birds being divided into 113 lots, most of which 
were on feed from 12 to 16 days. The results secured were very 
satisfactory, the lots doing especially well until the month of Octo- 
ber, when there was a marked falling off in gains. The feeding 
period was about 14 days until the gains fell off, when the period 
was shortened because the 14-day feeding was unprofitable, while 
the birds made as high or higher gains during a shorter feeding 
period. The u roasters" and u broilers" were not separated at this 
station, and all of the lots were classed as " springs" except a few in 
July when the average weight of the birds was under 1 .8 pounds. 
