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BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 11. — Weight lost in dressing poultry before feeding . 
BROILERS. 
Average weight of birds. 
Percentage of final weight lost as- 
Cooler 
loss as 
Experiment No. 
Num- 
ber of 
birds. 
Final 
live. 
Dressed. 
Chilled. 
Blood. 
Feath- Cooler ! m_ tQl 
ers. | loss. lotaK 
per- 
centage 
of 
dressed 
weight. 
1 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
12 
12 
6 
12 
12 
6 
6 
6 
Ounces. 
26.3 
29.1 
25.2 
31.7 
35.4 
2S.7 
44.1 
38.0 
26.1 
30.8 
30.5 
37.5 
30.7 
29.6 
40.7 
33.9 
30.5 
Ounces. 
23.4 
26.1 
22.5 
28.5 
31.8 
25.8 
38.5 
33.4 
23.6 
27.8 
27.2 
34.0 
27.5 
26.4 
36.1 
30.1 
26.8 
Ounces. 
23.2 
25.8 
22.3 
28.2 
31.6 
25.6 
38.2 
33.2 
23.6 
27.3 
27.0 
33.9 
27.4 
26.0 
35.7 
29.8 
26.7 
3.97 
3.73 
4.27 
4.23 
3.61 
4.24 
4.82 
4.32 
3.90 
3.76 
7.16 
6.76 
6.33 
5.99 
6.43 
5.6S 
7.89 
7.75 
5.92 
5.72 
0. 76 11. 89 
1.00 11.49 
.71 11.31 
.79 11.01 
.51 10.55 
.80 10.72 
.83 | 13.54 
.60 12.67 
9.75. 
1. 65 11. 13 
.57 ! 11.42 
. 40 9. 57 
.28 10.95 
0.85 
2 
1.11 
3 
.78 
4 
.89 
5 
.57 
6 
.89 
7 . 
.95 
8 
.69 
9 
10 
1.83 
11 
3. 60 7. 25 
.65 
12 
3.76 
4.11 
4.08 
4.83 
3.39 
4.15 
5.41 
6.56 
.43 
13 
.31 
14 
6.66 -43 12. 17 
.49 
15 
6.57 
7.90 
7.91 
1. 08 12. 48 
.■69 11- 98 
1.22 
16 
.78 
17 
.28 
12.34 
.33 
Total 
126 
Average 
30.8 
28.5 
28.3 
4.02 
6.67 
.68 
11.37 
.76 
SPRINGS. 
1 
•I 
6 
54.8 
66.0 
47.7 
58.5 
57.8 
4.70 
4.06 
8.23 
7.40 
0.43 
1.04 
13.36 
12.50 
0.51 
2.. 
1.18 
Total 
12 1" 
1 
60.4 
53.1 
52.6 
4.38 
7.81 
.74 
12.93 
.85 
ROASTERS. 
1 
6 
6 
6 
82.7 
74.3 
67.2 
72.2 
65.2 
59.2 
72.0 
64.9 
58.9 
4.05 
4.05 
3.46 
8.65 
8.20 
8.40 
0.19 
.37 
.52 
12.89 
12.62 
12.38 
0.22 
2 
.42 
3 
.60 
Total 
18 !. 
Average 
74.7 
65.5 
65.4 
3.85 
8.42 
.36 
12.63 
.41 
1 
HENS. 
1 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
73.8 
92.3 
74.0 
82.1 
81.0 
74.3 
85.3 
69.0 
67.5 
85.2 
68.0 
74.9 
73.6 
67.8 
77.4 
62.9 
67.2 
85.0 
67.7 
74.7 
72.7 
67.5 
77.2 
62.5 
3.28 
2.37 
3.61 
2.80 
3.55 
3.78 
3.88 
3.54 
5.23 
5.55 
4.56 
5.98 
5.63 
4.92 
5.37 
5.37 
0.36 
.18 
.33 
.24 
.25 
.41 
.25 
.44 
8.87 
7.88 
8.50 
9.02 
9.43 
9.11 
9.50 
9.35 
0.39 
2 
.20 
3 
.35 
4 
.27 
5 
.27 
6 
.45 
7 
.27 
8 
.48 
Total ... 
48 
Average 
79.0 
72.1 
71.8 
3.35 
5.33 
.31 
8.99 
.34 
