40 
The Bulletin 
FEED MIXTURES USED IN SECOND SECTION OF WORK 
The following summary of work done in this laboratory with Single 
Comb White Leghorns and reported under heading of Mineral Intake 
and Outgo in Journal of Agricultural Research*. 
TABLE XXIV 
FEED MIXTURES 
Ration 
Per Cent 
Number 
Kinds of Feed 
Amount 
Acid 
Base 
Protein 
Calories 
8 
Rolled oats__ 
8 
Wheat middlings....•_ _ 
8 
Meat and bone meal_ _ 
2 
Bone meal_ -- - __- - 
1 
128.3 
29 
9 
Cracked wheat_ 
3 
Cracked corn_ 
2 
Pinhead oats_ 
1 
67.2 
13 
10 
Wheat middlings_ 
6 
Corn meal_ __ 
3 
Meat and bone meal_ 
3 
Bone meal_ _ 
1 
382.6 
30 
11 
Whole wheat_ 
3 
Cracked corn_ _ 
2 
67.2 
13 
Hulled oats_ _ 
1 
*B. F. Kaupp, Journal Agricultural Research, Vol. XIV, No. 3, July 15, 1918 
TABLE XXV 
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SHOWING RELATION OF PROTEIN CALORIES, AMOUNT FEED, AND ACID 
BASE BALANCE, TO POUND GAIN 
(With Single Comb White Leghorns) 
Amount feed consumed first period. (From baby chicks to 8 weeks old) 
Kind 
Amount 
Acid Excess 
Base 
Excess 
Per Cent 
Protein 
Calories 
Milk____ 
52.30 
1212.31 
Ration No. 8_ _ 
2.42 
310.48 
Ration No. 9.. . . _ _ 
8.42 
565.82 
Ration No. 10_ _ 
4.30 
1645.18 
Ration No. 11_ 
5.98 
401.85 
Rape_ . - __ 
7.81 
119.72 
22 
Amount feed per pound gain, 3.4; per cent protein calories 22. 
Per cent gain, 686. Excess base intake, 2320.02 c. c. 
Excess base intake per pound feed, 85.5 c. c. 
