
New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 61 
Bt in which to observe the influence of different feed on the com- 
_ position of the eggs. The four pens were as follows: 
Pen No. 1 contained two Brahma and two Wyandotte pullets. 
4 Pen No. 2 contained two Brahma and two Wyandotte pullets. 
a Pen No. 3 contained two Leghorn and two Poland pullets. 
| Pen No. 4 contained two Leghorn and two Poland pullets. 
a The fowls were of the breeds named, although considerably 
short of the standard. In regard to age and previous treatment, 
No. 1 was the same as No. 2, and No. 3 the same as No. 4. 
_ The total weights were as follows on March 1: 
| No. 1, twenty-three pounds and ten and one-quarter ounces. 
i No. 2, twenty-four pounds and three-quarter ounces. 
E No. 3, twelve pounds and two and one-quarter ounces. 
; No. 4, twelve pounds and two and one-quarter ounces. 
: The space occupied by each pen was twenty-four feet long by 
| six feet wide. One-half of the floor was covered with fine coal 
‘ ashes ; the remainder was earth floor. The open yards, attached, 
in which the fowls were allowed to run continuously after April 
23, were each thirty-six feet long by six feet wide. 
A box of ground oyster Rati! was kept in each pen and alee a 
box of dry earth. 
The experiment was continued for six months, from March 1 to 
September 1. 
The feed for Nos. 1 and 3 contained a larger proportion of 
_ albuminoids than the feed for Nos. 2 and 4. Pens 1 and 3 were 
_ fed from a mixture of linseed meal and wheat bran in the morning, 
and wheat at night. Pens 2 and 4 were fed corn meal in the 
- morning and wheat at night. For the first few months all the 
' pens were also fed raw apples, and sometimes, instead, boiled 
potatoes at noon. They were fed all the meal that they would 
4g eat, but always much less wheat than they wanted. The amount 
consumed differed somewhat from week to week. The daily aver- 
Ss age, however, for each fowl was: for the larger breeds, about 1.4 
ounces of the meal and 1.6 ounces of wheat; for the smaller 
breeds, about .9 ounce meal and 1.2 ounces wheat. 
The average total food per day for the six months was for each fowl: 
In Pen No. 1, 3.60 ounces. 
In Pen No, 2, 3.60 ounces. 
In Pen No. 3, 2.57 ounces. | 
In Pen No. 4, 2.55 ounces. 

















