BULLETIN 1052, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 3. — Results of fleshing broilers (battery experiments). 
Ration. 
L 
Num- 
ber of 
birds. 
Days 
fed. 
Initial 
weight. 
Gain. 
Rela- 
tive 
gain.* 
No. 
Special feeds. 
Corh 
meal. 
. But- 
ter- 
milk. 
Experimental 
ration. 
Con- 
trol 
ration. 
1 
Per ct. 
8.33 
10.00 
8.33 
8.33 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
8.33 
8.33 
7.50 
4.50 
3.00 
5.00 
8.33 
5.00 
8.33 
13.33 
16.67 
8.33 
3.33 
8.33 
10.00 
9.09 
5.60 
11.20 
10.00 
9.09 
9.09 
14.00 
15.00 
5.00 
20.00 
15.00 
20.00 
15.00 
5.00 
20.00 
15.00 
5.00 
20.00 
5.00 
20.00 
Per ct. 
25.00 
23.33 
25.00 
25.00 
Perct. 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
52 
40 
79 
} » 
\ 40 
} 40 
1 
14 
8 
8 
8 
8 
14 
8 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
11 
11 
8 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
Lbs. 
1.83 
1.58 
1.21 
1.18 
1.69 
2.66 
1.68 
2.38 
2.56 
2.58 
2.39 
1.92 
2.43 
2.16 
2.07 
' 1.83 
.80 
.88 
1.05 
.96 
1.21 
.92 
.84 
.83 
.94 
.85 
Lbs. 
0.27 
.55 
.27 
.44 
.45 
.60 
.55 
.33 
.21 
.73 
.44 
.27 
.61 
.57 
.62 
.35 
.32 
.41 
.31 
.38 
.30 
.28 
.36 
.29 
.21 
.37 
Perct. 
14.75 
34.81 
22.31 
37.60 
20.63 
22.56 
32.73 
.13.87 
8.82 
28.29 
18.41 
14.06 
25.10 
26.39 
29.95 
19.13 
40.00 
46.59 
29.04 
39.65 
24.79 
30.43 
42.86 
34.94 
22.34 
43.53 
Perct. 
18.09 
19.07 
24.81 
24.81 
19.07 
21*69 
22.84 
13.55 
13.65 
21.69 
23.00 
18.09 
21.69 
21.39 
21.39 
23.66 
Per ct. 
82 
2 
183 
3 
Peanut meal 
90 
4 
\Velvet bean meal 
/Peanut meal 
152 
23.33 
66.67 
5 
108 
/Peanut meal 
16.67 
66.67 
104 
6 
\Coconut meal 
[Peanut meal 
15.00 
70.00 
» 7 
I 100 
143 
(Low-grade flour 
Rapeseed meal 
Rapeseed meal 
8 
g 
28.33 
25.00 
28.33 
25.00 
20.00 
16.67 
21.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
39 
39 
40 
104 
64 
40 
} 118 
122 
50 
1,169 
}l,159 
2,310 
}l,598 
1,130 
) » 
i ■ 
1- 
}- 
t 72 
102 
65 
in 
Coconut meal 
130 
s 11 
Coconut meal 
74 
12 
Coconut meal 
78 
13 
Coconut meal 
116 
/Coconut meal 
123 
14 
\Meat scrap ... 
15 
«16 
Sesame-seed meal 
Rice bran 
25.00 
23.33 
18.18 
11.20 
66.67 
66.67 
72.73 
72.00 
140 
81 
17 
Sesame-seed meal. . . 
1 Sesame-seed meal... 
\Ground wheat 
18 
119 
Soy-bean meal 
20.00 
18.80 
70.00 
63.64 
»20 
/Soy-bean meal 
\Wheat flour.. 
21 
14.00 
20.00 
72.00 
60.00 
22 
/Ground oats 
23 
/Ground milo 
5.00 
60.00 
\Rice polish 
1 Ground milo 
60.00 
24 
(Ground beans 
(Ground milo 
60.00 
25 
( G round milo 
55.00 
26 
i Rations 1 to 16, inclusive, were fed to the usual "house run" of birds, other than Leghorns. Rations 
17 to 26, inclusive, were fed to Leghorns only. 
1 Control taken as 100 per cent. 
» Average from two experiments. 
