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Analyses were made in 1888, of eggs from fowls obliged to sub- 
sist on rations widely different; and greater difference in the com- 
position was found, most notably in the per cent of ash. 
During February, the fowls in No. 7 (fed with corn meal), 
after they had become very fat and commenced laying, began 
picking the feathers and flesh from each other to such an extent 
that one was killed, and two more so badly hurt that it was 
necessary to keep them for a long time in a separate pen. This 
habit disappeared after they had been fed meat scraps for a time. 
The lack of fresh vegetable food at this time could hardly alone 
have been the cause, for Pen 6 was not so affected. (In the 
experiments of 1888, the fowls fed excessively with corn meal 
_’ were the only ones diseased, and they had a liberal supply of raw 
eee 
apples and fresh grass.) Later on, the fowls in Pen 7 began 
‘eating eggs. Those first discovered were removed; but after it 
was observed that a majority had acquired the habit, they were 
left together and all possible precautions taken to secure the eggs. 
When, however, one was found broken, it was added to the record 
with the average weight for eggs of its color. In view of these 
facts, it is possible that the number of eggs accredited to No. 7 
may be somewhat less than the actual yield; but if so, this would 
- affect the result only slightly in degree and not in kind. 
The weight of manure collected from the roost platforms, caleu- 
lated to dry manure, was as an average of one fowl in Pen 6. 
17.9 ounces per month, at the rate of 13.4 pounds a year, equiva- 
lent to 33.3 pounds fresh manure, as the average per cent of 
moisture was 59.7. In Pen 7 the average was 17.3 ounces per 
month, or 13 pounds a year, equivalent to 29 pounds fresh 
