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64 REpPoRT OF THE First ASSISTANT OF THE © 
The amount of manure collected from the roost-platform for the 
entire period was from: 
Pens Nos. 1 and 2, average per fowl, 5.24 pounds. 
Pens Nos. 3 and 4, average per fowl, 2.46 pounds. 
Analyses were made of the eggs from the different pens. Several 
eges were used for each analysis. The shells (and lining mem- 
brane) were removed, and an intimate mixture of the whole con- 
tents made, with the exception of the membrane which surrounds 
the yolk and the two ligaments connecting it with the membrane 
forming the cells of the white. The weight of this portion dis- 
carded was (on average in eight eggs) only .03 per cent of the 
entire weight of egg. The analysis represented the composition 
of the entire edible portion of the egg. 
Ash was determined at a high temperature with very constant 
results. This ash consisted mostly of phosphates. No facilities 
were available for determining the volatile ash, and determinations 
made of the total ash were unreliable (duplicates did not agree). 
No eggs were analyzed until the feeding had been eontinued for 
three months. Unfortunately, no eggs were then obtained from 
No. 1. The results are as follows: 
Pen No. 2— (Twenty-nine eggs analyzed). 
(Ratio in feed of albuminoids to carbhydrates, 1:7.27; ratio of ash to total dry food, 1:51.3. 
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Albumi- Total 
Water. Fat. noids. Ash, solids. 
q Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Per cent. 
Highest: founds wii. eeGuyiacsens 13.28 19.8% 13.54 97 27 .9T 
MOW SST AUG Uae lini acidic cea lees 72.03 10.03 mete Wr 74 26.78 


Average allanalyses......... 72.83 11.06 13.36 .87 27.17 
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Pen No. 3— (Eleven eggs analyzed). 
(Ratio in feed of albuminoids to carbhydrates, 1:3.81; ratio of ash to total dry food, 1:27.) 
















te Albumi- | Total 
Water. Fat. noids. Ash. solids. 
; Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Per cent. 
Hishestf{ound wi wiesG coe vane ne TotoL 9.49 12.91 1.58 24 87 
DO WESt LOMA Gas ties sous des eat 75.13 9.09 12.60 1.35 24.69 





Average all analyses......... 75.22 | 9.28 12.78 1.45 




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