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oats, which were seasoned with salt and pepper, were weighed © 
before and after mixing with water. The wet food contained 
from thirty to fifty per cent of added water; usually about forty. 
The amount not eaten was weighed, and the weight of wet food 
eaten was calculated back to dry weight. The portion of apples 
not readily eaten was weighed back. The same was done with 
corn. 
A dish of water was kept in each pen. 
The average weight of food consumed per day from January 23 
to February 26 was: 



Ounces Ounces Ounces 

Indian raw ground 
eorn. apples. oats. 
feet Sa Ms Ke Ot Mah Bip EARN ROU TMG OEE Sorin au nal Ai ai Bk 24.48 18.53 10.12 
PPC ARTICLE OLE a nba elie oma elit utah Tan tl MN JI a 11.86 12.53 3.74 


Average one fowl: 





Ounces | Ounces | Ounces | Ounces | Ounces 
Indian raw ground total total 
corn. apples. oats. grain. food. 
DATE OE DW POGAB is yioute ly weve ite 3.06 2.32 1.27 4.33 6.65 
PMAWOr DIGCAS Ail. seu ode nada 1.48 Aid cheat 47 1.95 _ 3.52 





The apples contained eighty-four per cent of water and the 
boiled potatoes seventy-eight per cent. | 
The quantity of food was probably sufficient, as the fowls con- 
tinually, although slowly, gained in weight. The weather at this 
-time was very cold. From January 23 to February 20 the total 
gain was : 
Pen No. 1, two pounds, fifteeen and a half ounces. 
Pen No. 2, three pounds, eight and a half ounces. 
Pen No. 3, one pound, four and a half ounces. 
Pen No. 4, fifteen ounces. 
None of these pullets were laying. 
The weight of grain food consumed by the smaller breeds was © 
forty-five per cent of the amount consumed by the larger breeds. 
Ina later experiment, when the hens were laying, the amount 
consumed by the smaller was seventy-two per cent of that con-— 
sumed by the larger. 
On March 1, the fowls were arranged for a feeding experiment 

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