RATIONS FOE POULTRY IN THE PACKING HOUSE. 
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Table 12. — Weight lost in dressing poultry fed the control ration. 1 
BROILERS. 
Average weight of birds. 
Percentage of final live 
lost as— 
weight 
Cooler 
loss as 
Num- 
ber of 
per- 
Experiment No. 
centage 
birds. 
Final 
live. 
Dressed. 
Chilled. 
Blood. 
Feath- 
ers. 
Cooler 
loss. 
01 
Total, dressed 
■ weight. 
Ounces. 
Ounces. 
Ounces. 
1 
12 
12 
12 
6 
33.7 
37.8 
45.7 
60.2 
30.5 
34.1 
41.1 
53.7 
30.2 
33.8 
40.7 
53.4 
3.96 
4.30 
3.77 
4.07 
5.66 
5.66 
6.35 
6.72 
1.00 
.74 
.97 
.45 
10.62 1.11 
2 
10.70 
11.09 
11.24 
.82 
3 
1.08 
4 
.50 
5 
6 
55.1 
49.0 
48.7 
4.07 
7.00 
.43 
11.50 
.48 
6 
12 
12 
38.4 
38.6 
35.1 
35.0 
34.6 
34.5 
3.74 
3.23 
4.89 
6.36 
1.28 
1.36 
9.91 
10.95 
1.40 
7 
1.50 
8 
12 
34.0 
33.4 
33.4 
4.60 
5.36 
.18 
10.14 
.19 
9 
12 
47.0 
42.3 
41.8 
3.91 
6.16 
1.03 
11.10 1.15 
10 
12 
41.8 
37.3 
37.0 
4.02 
6.75 
.70 
11.47 .79 
11 
12 
34.8 
30.9 
30.4 
4.18 
7.22 
1.14 
12.54 1.29 
12 
4 
41.9 
37.8 
37.5 
4.11 
5.68 
.63 
10. 42 . 70 
13 
4 
49.8 
44.4 
44.0 
5.23 
5.58 
.79 
11.60 .89 
14 
4 
36.2 
32.4 
32.1 
3.53 
6.94 
.86 
11.33 .95 
Total 
132 

Average 
41.1 
37.2 

36.8 
4.01 
6.45 
.87 
11.33 .97 
SPRINGS. 
1.. 
2.. 
Total 
...1 n 
12 
73.8 
89.3 
64.9 
78.6 
64.5 
78.2 
4.06 
4.48 
8.06 
7.49 
0.52 
.41 
12.64 
12.38 
0.59 
.48 
... 24 
81.5 
71.7 
71.4 
4.27 
7.78 
.47 
12.52 
.54 
"1 
ROASTERS. 
1 
12 
12 
4 
102.9 
94.9 
77.8 
91.0 
85.6 
68.4 
90.5 ' 
84.9 | 
68.1 
4.05 
4..16 
4.25 ! 
7.50 
5.67 
7.77 
0.44 
.74 
.39 
11.99 
10.57 
12.41 
0.51 
2 
.81 
3.. 
.45 
Total 
28 
95.9 
85.5 
84.9 1 
1 
4.13 
6.75 
.56 
11.44 
.63 
HENS. 
1 
U 
12 
12 
11 
12 
12 
12 
12 
85.2 
101.5 
69.8 
87.1 
92.4 
82.6 
87.2 
77.2 
78.8 
93.6 
63.8 
79.2 
85.3 
76.4 
80.0 
70.6 
78. < 
93.1 
63.7 
79.0 
85.1 
76.2 
79.4 
70.5 
3.20 
3.26 
3.28 
3.46 
3.02 
3.56 
2.96 
3.40 
4.31 
4.54 
5.20 
5.68 
4.70 
4.02 
5.29 
5.07 
0.42 
.45 
.21 
.20 
.21 
.21 
.63 
.40 
7.92 
8.25 
9.' 34 
7.93 
7.79 
8.88 
8.87 
0.45 
2 
.48 
3 
.23 
4 
.21 
5 
.22 
6 
.23 
7 
.70 
8 
.44 
Total 
95 
85.4 
78.4 
78.2 
3.27 

4.85 
.34 
8.46 
.37 
1 Corn meal (40 parts) + buttermilk (60 parts). 
