Mineral Content of Southern Poultry Feeds 
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TABLE X 
This table gives the mineral intake supplied by the feed, the outgo 
by way of the bowel, the amount of each element required to build up 
the tissue gain based on the analyses of the bodies of one and one-half 
pound broilers, and the mineral balance. 
Period 
K 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
Na 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
Ca 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
Mg 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
S 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
Cl 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
P 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
Fe 
Intake 
Outgo 
Required 
Balance 
First.. 
3.8810 
3.4360 
33.6780 
5.9730 
1.5144 
1.4433 
7.7126 
2.6189 
1.9847 
1.0445 
16.7695 
2.3497 
0.6728 
0.7905 
3.8349 
0.0020 
.4569 
.3033 
1.9852 
.0844 
.5817 
.1516 
2.4729 
.0107 
+ 1.4394 
+2.0882 
+14.9233 
+3.5389 
+ .2599 
+ .5012 
+ 1.4048 
+2.6062 
Second. 
7.1310 
5.3480 
14.1110 
1.4007 
2.6873 
2.5926 
11.8763 
0.1390 
5.7272 
2.2206 
15.9993 
5.1619 
2.3389 
2.0876 
8.3507 
.0203 
.7044 
.4676 
3.0606 
.1302 
.8968 
.2338 
3.8124 
.0165 
+ .6994 
+2.6598 
—4.9489 
—3.8914 
— .5484 
+ .1878 
— .2868 
+ .1022 
Third.- 
8.3940 
5.6600 
27.7550 
3.3386 
3.1960 
2.8605 
14.2996 
0.8769 
6.4260 
3.0704 
17.0000 
2.4208 
1.3804 
3.1790 
9.1120 
.0340 
.9377 
.6225 
4.0739 
.1733 
1.1938 
.3112 
5.0747 
.0220 
+1.0303 
+1.9671 
+6.6811 
+ .7445 
+ .6218 
— .6297 
+ .1129 
+ .8209 
Fourth.. - 
9.2010 
6.3220 
38.1330 
2.7805 
3.5845 
3.6410 
21.1110 
.5142 
7.7360 
4.5841 
30.4734 
2.6014 
1.8724 
2.8585 
16.9410 
.0314 
.9258 
.6146 
4.0222 
.1711 
1.1786 
.3073 
5.0105 
.0217 
+ .5392 
+ 1.1233 
+3.6374 
+ .0080 
+ .5335 
+ .4752 
— .8405 
+ .4611 
Fifth. 
12.2550 
6.8130 
26.8880 
3.3763 
4.7929 
4.0491 
19.5296 
.7960 
9.5486 
3.7437 
32.1895 
3.6274 
2.6184 
3.4894 
14.9857 
.0324 
1.3018 
.8642 
5.6559 
.2406 
1.6574 
.4321 
7.0453 
.0306 
+ 1.4046 
+2.2051 
+ 10.9574 
— .4917 
+ .5171 
+ .1276 
—2.5014 
+ .7330 
Sixth.. 
14.6050 
7.3420 
34.1000 
4.7329 
5.3924 
4.8831 
22.1251 
1.3106 
13.1084 
5.9358 
31.8477 
5.0382 
3.0062 
3.4293 
18.0121 
.0448 
1.3875 
.9211 
6.0282 
.2565 
1.7664 
.4605 
7.5090 
.0326 
+ .1091 
+ .4851 
—3.7759 
— .5618 
+ .6198 
+ .9933 
—3.3960 
+ 1.2332 
Seventh.. 
14.5370 
7.8480 
34.5710 
5.1029 
5.2164 
4.9866 
20.7737 
1.5177 
13.3769 
4.4705 
21.7299 
3.3716 
3.3460 
3.8460 
16.6019 
.0233 
1.0234 
.6794 
4.4462 
.1892 
1.3029 
.3397 
5.5384 
.0240 
+ .1367 
+2.6981 
+8.3949 
+1.5421 
+ .5675 
+ .8009 
—1.3666 
+1.4704 
Eighth_ 
15.6800 
8.4780 
25.2820 
2.8747 
5.8589 
5.2620 
23.3411 
0.2393 
16.5110 
5.9803 
33.2590 
5.9882 
4.0527 
4.5030 
19.2760 
.0395 
1.6921 
1.1233 
7.3517 
.3128 
2.1543 
.5616 
9.1576 
.0398 
—2.5231 
+1.3744 
—15.3287 
—3.4263 
— .3481 
+ .1974 
—5.1576 
+ .1600 
Balance 8 periods 
+2.8356 
+ 14.6011 
+20.5406 
—2.5371 
+2.2231 
+2.6542 
—12.0312 
+7.5870 
