July is, 1918 Mineral Content of Southern Poultry Feeds 
129 
Table IV —Feed and mineral intake of lot 3 —Continued 
Period and feed. 
Quan¬ 
tity of 
feed 
con¬ 
sumed. 
Potas¬ 
sium. 
So¬ 
dium. 
Cal¬ 
cium. 
Magne¬ 
sium. 
Sul¬ 
phur. 
Chlorin. 
Phos¬ 
phorus. 
Iron. 
SEVENTH period: 
Milk. 
Mixture 3. 
Mixture 4. 
Rape. 
Grit. 
Total. 
EIGHTH PERIOD: 
Milk. 
Mixture 3. 
Mixture 4. 
Rape. 
Total. 
Gm. 
3>989 
332 
1,236 
880 
39 
Gm. 
6.023 
1*437 
4.869 
2.208 
.000 
Gm. 
5 * 744 
1*503 
•531 
.070 
.000 
Gm. 
6.103 
15.984 
•333 
.073 
12.078 
Gm. 
0.0718 
1.0225 
1.2261 
.1812 
2.6013 
Gm. 
1.6913 
.8034 
2.4102 
•3115 
.0000 
Gm. 
2. 5928 
. 8240 
■7514 
. S184 
.0000 
Gm. 
5*4250 
9*3783 
5.0676 
.9028 
. 0000 
Gm. 
0.1436 
.0507 
.024 7 
Trace. 
1.2987 
6,476 
14*537 
7,848 
34 - 57 i 
5* 1029 
5* 2164 
4.9866 
20.7737 
1. 5 i 77 
4 * 203 
382 
1,484 
73 i 
6.346 
1.654 
5* 846 
1.834 
6.052 
1*730 
.638 
.058 
6.430 
18.391 
.400 
.061 
o- 0756 
i*1765 
1.4721 
•1505 
1.7820 
■9244 
2.8938 
•2587 
2.7319 
.9481 
.9022 
.6798 
5.7160 
10.7907 
6. 0844 
.7500 
o* 1513 
.0584 
.0296 
Trace. 
6,800 
15.680 
8.478 
25.282 
2.8747 
5*8589 
5.2620 
23*3411 
■2393 
Table V. —Weights of the chicks at hatching and at the end of each of the eight periods 
Weight at— 
Chick No. 
902 
904 
906 
910 
912 
914. 
918 
921 
922, 
924 
926 
928 
Total 
Hatch¬ 
ing. 
7 days. 
14 days. 
21 days. 
28 days. 
35 days. 
42 days. 
49 days. 
56 days 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
Gm. 
41 
57 
91 
128 
135 
205 
280 
350 
460 
45 
57 
83 
123 
165 
215 
253 
265 
316 
41 
59 
88 
132- 
169 
245 
3 “ 
365 
430 
40 
60 
98 
145 
197 
245 
308 
355 
420 
42 
58 
85 
no 
168 
219 
287 
335 
411 
40 
52 
65 
113 
149 
205 
278 
320 
400 
42 
59 
75 
no 
151 
203 
252 
275 
329 
42 
70 
77 
108 
154 
200 
271 
335 
438 
36 
57 
90 
137 
187 
250 
300 
345 
410 
43 
44 
42 
59 
57 
45 
90 
a 79 
a 65 
130 
150 
185 
215 
240 
282 
498 
690 
986 
1,236 
1,625 
2,172 
2,755 
3,185 
3,896 
a Died. 
Table VI. —Percentage increase in weight at the end of each y-day period 
Period No. 
Chick No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
902. 
28 
37 
28 
5 
34 
26 
20 
23 
904. 
21 
31 
32 
25 
23 
15 
4 
16 
906. 
30 
31 
33 
21 
31 
21 
14 
15 
910. 
50 
38 
32 
26 
15 
. 20 
13 
IS 
912.1. 
27 
31 
22 
28 
23 
24 
14 
16 
914. 
23 
20 
42 
24 
27 
26 
13 
13 
918... 
28 
20 
31 
26 
2$ 
19 
8 
16 
921. 
40 
10 
28 
29 
23 
26 
19 
23 
922.. — 
36 
36 
34 
26 
25 
16 
13 
IS 
924. 
27 
34 
30 
13 
18 
13 
10 
14 
026. 
22 
a 27 
028. 
6 
“SO 
| 
Flock average.. 
27 
30 
31 
23 
25 
21 
13 
18 
Total gain .. .gms.. 
192 
296 
394 
389 
547 
583 
430 
711 
« 
a Died. 
