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one brood about two, and the other one and one-half, months old at thie begin- 
ning of the experiment. The chickens were separated into two groups, known: 
as lots 1 and 2, with five of each breed in a lot. 
The food, care, and treatment of the two lots were identical, except that 
the fowls in lot 2 received, in addition to the food given in lot 1, all the skim 
milk they would drink. Both lots were given all they would eat of a mixed 
food consisting of two parts crushed maize, one part bran, and one part ground 
oats. They were fed ttiae times a day, except on Sundays, when an increased 
amount of food was given at the morning and evening meals. 
Weights were taken of the amounts of food given each lot, and of the 
refuse left from day to day. Both lots were given all they would consume of 
cracked bone, cabbage, lettuce, and water, of which no record was kept. The 
weights of all foods and of the fowls were recorded in ounces. 
The following table shows the weight of each chicken and the total weight 
of both lots, taken on 11th July, last year, at the beginning of the experiment :— 
Tasie I. 
WEIGHTS IN OuNcES—JuLy 11. 
Lor [,—Wrirnovur MIvk. Lov 1f.—Witrn Mik. 
we FN i Eh EN fal whe hn ti J sch ss A 
No. of Chicken, Weight. No, of Chicken, Weight. 
Oz, Oz. 
1 19°0 5 16°0 
2 16°5 | 6 | 13°0 
3 10°0 7 | 110 
4 155 9 P 12°0 
8 9°5 10 14°5 
12 10°0 a6] | 19°0 
14 9°0 13 i 9°0 
15 145 17 | 12:0 
16 | 80. 18 70 
20 9-0 19 70 
Total ... ees 121 pe LOLA Lae hoe 120°5 
The above table shows a difference of 4 oz. in fayour of lot 1 at the 
beginning of the experiment. 
Table IT. shows the total food consumed for each week, and the weekly 
weights of fowls during the entire experiment of eight weeks— 
Tape II. 
OUNCES OF Foop ConsuMED. Wercirr or Fow.s. 
Lot 1. Lot I. ~ Lot I. Lot I. 
Date, ae. ia ke inactins anal SEA WIN) pee NE pales bak! . nb 
Mixed Feed. Mixed Feed, Milk, Weight. Weight. 
| Oz. Oz. 
18 July 182°5 | 285°5 39°0 | 1315 152°0 
OAT sy, 2730 3015 85°5 | 156°0 178°0 
1 Aug. 344°5 3175 162°5 | 180°5 | 213-0 
8:48 ATL 498°5 2785 | «= 2200 | S770 
iB}: 412°0 449° 233°5 | *O16'5 319°0 
Does 3840 514°5 299°5 | *250°0 8945 
29 iy 408°0 556°5 216°25 *270°0 | 437°0 
5 Sept. 398°5 553°0 1315 | *297°D A7T6°5 
iTStaliBoods| on mk pein) Gaia | aUas Kea LL Ra 
moneamtod) 179°8 lb. 217°3 Tb, 90°4 Ib, | | 
* Combined weight of nine chickens, 
No. 2 from lot 1 died 18th August, leaving only nine in the lot. 
From the wbove table it is shown that lot 2 consumed 37:5 1b. mixed feed 
more than lot 1, and 90°7 Ib. of milk besides. 
