RATIONS FOE POULTRY IN THE PACKING HOUSE. 
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Table 16. — Composition of poultry fed the control ration. 1 
BROILERS. 
55* te 
ment No. 
birds. 
1 4 
2 4 
3 4 
4 4 
5 4 
6 4 
7 , 4 
8 4 
9 4 
10 | 4 
11 4 
12......... 4 
Total....) 48 
Average.; 
Meat. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Skin. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Edible viscera. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Gizzard fat. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Per ct. 
71.79 
72.83 
73.42 
72.72 
73.66 
73.56 
71.97 
71.02 
73.61 
70.62 
74.30 
73.87 
Perct 
6.76 
6.16 
5.73 
6.57 
5.00 
4.56 
7.73 
8.04 
4.90 
8.95 
4.61 
4.75 
Perct. 
19.56 
19.00 
20.38 
17.25 
19.13 
21.55 
20.75 
20.13 
20.69 
20.06 
20.63 
20.56 
72.78 6.15 19.97 
Perct. 
33.20 
35.46 
41.02 
44.83 
39.50 
38.66 
48.10 
43.25 
39.87 
41.68 
48.31 
37.66 
40.96 
Perct. 
56.69 
47.63 
45.98 
40.42 
47.78 
49.40 
36.12 
43.59 
47.38 
45.17 
37.70 
51.64 
Perct. 
9.44 
12.75 
12.13 
13.31 
12.50 
11.81 
14.69 
13.00 
11.25 
12.81 
13.56 
11.94 
Per ct. 
69.48 
73.98 
75.04 
74.82 
74.60 
74.81 
74.84 
73.85 
75.35 
75.65 
75.21 
75.17 
45.80 
12.43 
74.40 
Perct. 
5.75 
3.61 
2.66 
3.01 
3.36 
3.31 
3.44 
4.78 
3.09 
3.29 
3.68 
3.00 
Perct. 
19.00 
18.00 
18.75 
18.63 
19.81 
19.69 
20.13 
18.44 
20.50 
19.44 
19.44 
19.56 
Perct. 
11.48 
11.37 
14.00 
23.68 
13.00 
18.87 
16.61 
15.48 
14.52 
13.57 
15.15 
13.88 
Per ct. 
86.25 
87.98 
83.32 
69.39 
81.69 
78.43 
78.87 
81.11 
82.26 
83.02 
81.88 
85.60 
Perct. 
2.27 
2.25 
3.38 
5.13 
2.56 
4.13 
3.97 
3.19 
3.75 
3.31 
3.06 
3.25 
3.58 
19.28 
15.14 81.65 
3.35 
SPRINGS. 
ROASTERS. 
1 
4 
4 
73.20 
4.69 
20.54 
20.87 
38.41 
36.94 
49.53 
51.70 
11.69 
10.46 
73.81 
7o.55 
3. 30 ! 18. 18 
3.70 19.11 
13.67 
11.23 
83.49 
86.28 
2 
72.94 4.73 
Total.... 
8 
Average. 
73.07 
4.71 ' 
37.68 
50.67 
11.08 
73.68 
3.50 18.65 
12.45 
84.89 
1 1 4 
2 4 
Total....| 8 
Average.; 
71.89 
72.38 
72.14 
6.11 
5.86 
5.99 
20.94 
19.50 
20.22 
38.22 49. i 
42.67 43. < 
40.45 
11.75 
12.56 
12.16 
73.88 
73.73 
3.31 ; 20.&5 
4.24 18.94 
73.81 i 3.78 19. 
10.34 88.03 
14.68 81.87 
12.51 84.95 
HENS. 
Total.... 
Average . 
4 ! 69.29 
4 I 70.02 
4 71.52 
4 70.65 
4 71.50 
4 ! 68.49 
4 70. 38 
4 69.92 
32 
70.22 
8.21 
7.35 
7.06 
7.56 
6.17 
8.24 
6.90 
7.09 
7.32 
21.75 
21.38 
19.50 
20.38 
21.00 
22.38 
21.38 
21.31 
27.95 
26.89 
30.48 
30.26 
28.90 
25.54 
27.95 
30.35 
21.14 
^.54 
63.11 
63.72 
60.48 
60.41 
63.09 
65.60 
61.19 
60.12 
62.22 
8.81 
9.31 
10.69 
9.19 
9.81 
9.25 
11.31 
10.19 
9.82 
64.39 
70.92 
66.58 
66.98 
65.30 
68.46 
67.41 
65.00 
6fi.f 
15.55 
10.02 
12.21 
11.65 
15.09 
8.69 
11.79 
14.90 
16.94 
18.44 
17.69 
16.06 
16.38 
19.25 
17.56 
17.13 
12.50 17.43 
9.32 
19.39 
12.93 
12.44 
10.73 
8.10 
8.35 
8.39 
11.21 
88.85 
77.98 
85.83 
84.81 
86.88 
87.77 
80.47 
91.31 
85.50 
1 Corn meal (40 parts) + buttermilk (60 parts). 
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 
EFFECTS OF RATIONS ON DIFFERENT CLASSES OF BIRDS. 
Broilers fed the rations containing a protein concentrate ; such as 
peanut meal, coconut meal, soy-bean meal, or meat scrap (Table 2), 
made appreciably better gains than those given the control ration of 
corn meal and buttermilk. In the majority of cases the other rations 
proved of less value than the control ration. As they grow rapidly, 
