RATIONS FOR POULTRY IN THE PACKING HOUSE. 
Table 2. — Results of fleshing broilers (12 -bird experiments). 
Ration. 
No. 
Special feeds. 
Corn 
meal. 
Butter- 
milk 
Initial 
weight; 
Gain. 
Experimental 
ration. 
Control 
ration. 
Rela- 
tive 
gain. 2 
Feed 
per 
pound 
gain, 
experi- 
mental 
ration. 
Peanut meal . 
Peanut meal 10. 00 
Peanut meal. 
/"Peanut meal . 
\Rice bran 
Peanut meal 
Low-grade flour. 
Rice bran 
Peanut meal 
Low-grade flour. 
Rice bran 
Peanut meal , 
Low-grade flour , 
Middlings (standard 
wheat) 
Peanut meal 
Low-grade flour 
Middlings (standard 
wheat) 
Coconut meal. 
Coconut meal . 
Coconut meal. 
Soy-bean meal . 
Soy-bean meal. 
Meat scrap 
Water 
Rapeseedmeal. 
Rapeseed meal. 
Rice bran . 
/Rice bran... 
\ Alfalfa meal . 
(Rice bran . . 
\Meat scrap . 
(Low-grade flour , 
Middlings (standard 
wheat) 
Peanut flour 
Kafir meal 40. 00 
Pet cent 
8.33 
10.00 
5.00 
5.00 
7.50 
3.00 
1.50 
9.00 
4.50 
4.50 
7.50 
3.00 
4.50 
9.00 
3.00 
3.00 
8.33 
13.33 
8.33 
6.67 
1.67 
60.00 
5.00 
8.33 
10.00 
10.00 
3.33 
10.00 
3.33 
3.00 
6.00 
6.00 
Percent 
25.00 
20.00 
23.33 
23.33 
Percent 
66.67 
70.00 
66.67 
66.67 
Lbs. 
1.9 
1.7 
1.4 
2.1 
1.7 
1.8 
1.8 
1.3 
18.00 ! 70.00 
12.00 
15.00 
70.00 
70.00 
15. 00 70. 00 
28.33 
25.00 
25.00 
25.00 
66.67 
66.67 
28.33 
25.00 
23.33 
20.00 
67 
66.67 
6.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
66.67 
20.00 
66.67 
15.00 
70.00 
60.00 
1.4 
2.1 
1.4 
2.1 
1.9 
1.9 
2.2 
2.0 
2.3 
1.9 
2.0 
2.3 
1.9 
2.0 
2.4 
1.9 
1.6 
2.0 
2.2 
1.7 
2.0 
2.2 
Lbs. 
0.61 
.56 
.67 
.83 
.64 
.80 
.78 
.55 
.72 
.85 
.66 
.70 
.77 
.44 
.73 
,76 
.40 
.84 
.46 
.55 
.51 
1.16 
.74 
.74 
Per 
cent. 
32.09 
32.87 
47.85 
39.61 
37.76 
44.25 
43.60 
42.65 
51.39 
40.29 
47.49 
33.19 
, 75 39. 30 
, 95 49. 93 
1. 20 53. 05 
58.92 
36.82 
22.08 
31.95 
19.88 
36.49 
36.42 
13.78 
21.38 
27.78 
54.04 
28.85 
36.47 
34.34 
23.10 
24.94 
18.96 
22.90 
19.91 
13.79 
33.31 
36.82 
34.56 
36.60 
38.12 
38.90 
55.30 
38.72 
39.03 
22.61 
29.02 
Percent 
24.92 
35.58 
30.10 
32.92 
25.28 
33.47 
33.47 
35.08 
30.10 
32.92 
30.10 
32.92 
35.73 
35.73 
44.20 
30.10 
32.92 
16.51 
28.15 
36.10 
16.51 
28.18 
36.10 
16.51 
28.18 
36.10 
49.05 
16.51 
28.18 
35.58 
16.51 
28.18 
24.92 
20.23 
24.92 
20.23 
33.47 
35.08 
33.47 
35.08 
33.47 
35.08 
35.73 
35.73 
29.55 
•2.17 
Percent, 
129 
92 
159 
120 
149 
132 
130 
122 
171 
122 
158 l 
101 
120 
134 
113 
111 
120 
129 
101 
83 
76 
77 
110 
174 
129 
97 
140 
89 
76 
113 
80 
68 
100 
105 
103 
104 
114 
111 
125 
108 
109 
77 
90 
1 Average per bird. 
* Control taken as 100 per cent. 
