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BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 15. — Composition of poultry before feeding . 
BROILERS. 
E 
xperiment 
No. 
Num- 
ber of 
birds. 
Meat. 
Skin. • 
Edible viscera. 
Crude gizzard 
fat. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Water. 
Fat. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Water. 
Fat. 
1 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
Perct. 
75.41 
75.70 
75.57 
75.16 
75.00 
74.63 
74.46 
75.64 
74.89 
72.97 
74.82 
Per ct. 
3.02 
2.37 
1.79 
3.78 
3.03 
3.61 
3.42 
2.17 
2.58 
3.53 
3.91 
Per ct. 
19.88 
20.38 
20.63 
20.06 
21.00 
21.19 
21.63 
21.19 
21.94 
22.63 
21.31 
Per ct. 
58.15 
59.07 
61.26 
53.43 
54.88 
57.96 
56.40 
60.93 
57.45 
43.76 
56.87 
Perct. 
23.98 
22.12 
17.49 
28.78 
25.25 
24.86 
25.33 
17.42 
22.72 
41.69 
25.00 
Per ct. 
16.88 
17.63 
19.88 
16.75 
18.25 
16.88 
17.44 
20.50 
19.19 
14.25 
18.00 
Per ct. 
72.43 
73.96 
74.73 
74.00 
73.73 
75.46 
75.21 
75.22 
73.83 
74.64 
75.12 
Per ct. 
2.26 
2.52 
2.01 
Per ct. 
20.19 
19.88 
20. 75 
Per ct. 
32.00 
27.53 
41.57 
29.87 
20.47 
29.26 
35.77 
37.80 
36.84 
11.31 
40.16 
Perct. 
60.74 
2 
65.61 
3 
47. 1& 
4 
3.25 18.50 
60.99 
5 
2.82 
2.68 
2.55 
2.11 
3.53 
2.35 
4.00 
18.56 
20.63 
21.00 
20.88 
20.56 
19.75 
19.19 
72.81 
6 
64.08 
7 
54.57 
8 
51.14 
9 
50.49 
10 ."' 
87.03 
11., 
45.86 
Total 
66 
74.93 
3.02 
21.08 
56.33 
24.97 
17.79 
74.39 
2.73 
19.99 
31.14 
60.04 
SPRINGS. 
1 
6 
6 
73.52 
72.73 
2.30 
3.66 
22.38 
21.69 
55.06 
44.96 
24.54 
38.61 
19.31 
15.13 
74.33 
73.92 
1.69 
2.23 
20.09 
20.75 
29.40 
11.12 
61.41 
2.., 
85.17 
Total 
12 
73.13 
2.98 
22.04 
50.01 
31.58 
17.22 
74.13 
1.96 
20.42 
20.26 
73.29 
ROASTERS. 
1 
6 
6 
6 
72.38 
72.25 
75.01 
3.98 
4.71 
2.07 
21.94 
21.60 
21.69 
40.48 
43.79 
61.57 
45.79 
41.04 
18.24 
13.51 
14.24 
20.06 
73.84 
73.30 
75.32 
2.72 
3.20 
2.06 
20.84 
20.55 
20.06 
9.80 
14.14 
44.94 
87.94 
2 
83.00 
3 
42.00 
Total 
Average. . 
18 
73.21 
3.59 
21.76 
48.61 
35.02 
15.94 
74.15 
2.66 
20.48 
22.96 
70.98 
HENS. 
1 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
70.54 
69.23 
68.94 
70.30 
70.03 
71.10 
70.22 
72.36 
7.30 
8.33 
8.14 
6.76 
6.68 
5.18 
7.41 
5.38 
20.94 
20.88 
21.31 
22.00 
21.25 
21.88 
21.31 
21.75 
27.90 
25.77 
24.66 
27.16 
27.69 
34.35 
29.84 
32.23 
62.54 
63.73 
66.97 
62.20 
62.23 
53.97 
60.42 
58.58 
8.69 
9.38 
6.88 
10.63 
10.19 
11.44 
9.50 
10.63 
72.76 
69.10 
72.34 
70.58 
71.51 
69.70 
70.40 
72.04 
6.08 
9.19 
5.12 
6.44 
5.26 
8.03 
7.61 
6.29 
19.56 
18.13 
19.81 
20.38 
20.25 
18.69 
18.63 
19.00 
8.99 
8.43 
8.92 
8.56 
10.52 
12.76 
12.28 
11.39 
89.17 
2 
89.54 
3 
88.94 
4 
89.15 
5 
86.58 
6 
81.51 
7 
84.56 
8 
88.88 
Total 
48 
Average. . 
70.34 
6.90 
21.41 
28.70 
61.33 
9.67 
70.99 
6.75 
19.31 
10.23 
87.29 
