


New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. ,63 
No account was taken of the digestibility of the foods. No 
ractors were available except in regard to mammals; and there 
appears no reason for assuming that the digestibility of food by 
birds is the same. 
The feed in Nos. 1 and 8 was always the more readily eaten, and 
the fowls always appeared lively and healthy. In Pen 2 one Wyan- 
dotte was sick in March, and one Brahma died June 1. In Pen 
4 one Leghorn was sick in March, and one died in April. All com- 
parisons between the pens are made on the average of one fowl. 
The two Wyandottes in Pen 2 were allowed to sit for two months 
from May 18. The Leghorns in Pens 3 and 4 all wanted to sit 
for some time, though very indifferently. During the last 
month or more, most of the fowls were moulting, and very few eggs 
were obtained. 
Although a small product of eggs would naturally be expected 
from fowls fed continually on one food, the great difference in yield 
is worthy of attention. 
The average per fowl for the period was: 


Proportion of al-| Average 





PEN buminoids to| Number | Totalwt.,| weight 
: carbhydrates in| eggs. grammes.| one egg, 
feed. grammes. 
VSG EA TUS ae aah 2 IN TRIN Er ANT Ge ao RMN We PRES A AEA GT SHEE 12.50 688 .63 55.01 
SIG) cnet Hee UemtAuadDlaNg rN ee bs Cultus ie ig Teta Tne a eel aN EN 33.75 1878.73 55.67 
Ne yee aU Ueto ay wrugin Bets Ha AAD IU EOE tn 12.25 657 .90 53.70 
aA ee leper Wea ee Sirsa Mts Vs sai5) SN Baa ay | BSA ry 7: IPA AS 41,42 2290 .57 52.89 





It would appear that the ratio of constituents in the feed of Nos. 
2 and 4 was much nearer the proper one for egg production. 
Whether the corn meal was favorable, or whether the linseed meal 
was unfavorable to the production of eggs, it is at present impos- 
sible to say. Although the fowls in Nos. 1 and 3 were throughout 
in better health, yet those in 2 and 4 kept their weight better. 
During the first four weeks : 
No. 1 lost in weight, .3 per cent. 
No. 3 lost in weight, .9 per cent. 
No. 2 gained in weight, 1.8 per cent. 
No. 4 gained in weight, 3.7 per cent. 
During the last six weeks: 
No. 1 lost in weight, 3.7 per cent. 
No. 3 lost in weight, 10.7 per cent. 
No. 2 gained in weight, .7 per cent. 
No. 4 lost in weight, 6.1 per cent. 
