66 REPORT OF THE First ASSISTANT OF THE 
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that which furnished the ash constituents of the egg itself. The 
following table indicates this: 
Ratioofash Average per 
in feed to centofnon- Average per 
total water- volatile ash cent of shell 
free food. in egg. to fresh egg, 
Sales eget Sys MVP Aare Lm MaGUA anal fc RO ebal oq Mahe AI 9 L227,0 1.45 10.78 
SMO IN Onde hiciavate aikio Prelate eee on YE Wee sy iy | Te 10.86 
The amount of ash in the feed of No. 4 and the per cent of ash 
in the eggs were less than for No. 3. Yet, although the number 
of eggs was more than three times as great as from No. 3, the per 
cent of shell was practically the same (slightly higher). 
The car- 
bonate of lime in the shells of eggs from Pen 4 (ninety per cent 
CaCO, in the shell) was 206.1 grammes average per fowl. The 
amount of lime, calculated to carbonate of lime, in the ash of the 
feed was, during the same time, only 11.3 grammes per fowl. 
The per cent of the egg, free from shell, represented by the white 
and that represented by the yolk was determined in 154 eggs. 
There were continual slight, but no great, differences. Most of the 
results differed but little from the average. There was no varia- 
tion in the proportion which seemed due to the influence of food 
or of breed. 
The following results were obtained : 
Per cent 
as white. 
Average forty eggs, Pen No. Lo o eke hee ieee 63.95 
Average forty-three eggs, Pen No. 2.............. 65.21 
Average twenty-one eggs, Pen No. 3.............. 65.33 
Averaveintty ecos,\Pen Nowdiy ci iclenid dame mae 62.38 
CODIIMOD AN EMA Ow. .s/s/a clan Man) sViinuhn ie dente Maa ae 64.22 
Hichest foul oli ihc i, Lice iced 68.76 
eae mice Puck FOUTS KO Be ST AORN ANI Cap cie YL 59.37 

Determinations of the loss of weight (moisture) in eggs exposed 
to the air gave the following results : 
=_—— 



Per cent 
as yolk. 
36.05 
34.79 
34.67 
oT .62 
35.78 
40.63 
31.24 
Brosh Per cent | Per cent | Per cent 
. loss in loss in 
weight. | jo days. | 20 days. 
loss in 
30 days. 
AVOTALOIOL 69 CLE Biiirie le lwo ta be done dekarae 54.4 1.60 3.16 
Average of 45 eggs, Pen1. ...... ...eceeeeee 54.9 1.64 3.28 
Average of 49 eggs, Pen 2...... ccc cece ceees 54.4 1.84 3.68 
Averacze of 23 eres, Pen Sosa aeia woes: 55.7 1.44 2.51 
Average of 52 eggs, Pom 4....... cc cece cee eee 53.6 1.49 Soy 
Average of Pens 1 and Bice eee a 54.7 1.74 3.48 
AVOLTAa te O1/PenS' 3; Bes iee ee cae ne ees 54.7 1.47 2.84 


