. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. jn-rfr'^u-^ Contribution from the Bureau of Chemistry CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief. S^fr ^>J-u Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER. May 2, 1918 A WHEATLESS RATION FOR THE RAPID INCREASE OF FLESH ON YOUNG CHICKENS. By M. E. Pennington, Chief, H. A. McAleer, Investigator in Poultry and Egg Handling, and A. D. Greenlee, Assistant Chemist, assisted by A. W. Broomell, Assistant Chemist, L. E. Harker, Aid in Poultry and Egg Handling, and H. L. Shrader, Investigator in Poultry and Egg Handling, Food Research Laboratory. Composi
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. jn-rfr'^u-^ Contribution from the Bureau of Chemistry CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief. S^fr ^>J-u Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER. May 2, 1918 A WHEATLESS RATION FOR THE RAPID INCREASE OF FLESH ON YOUNG CHICKENS. By M. E. Pennington, Chief, H. A. McAleer, Investigator in Poultry and Egg Handling, and A. D. Greenlee, Assistant Chemist, assisted by A. W. Broomell, Assistant Chemist, L. E. Harker, Aid in Poultry and Egg Handling, and H. L. Shrader, Investigator in Poultry and Egg Handling, Food Research Laboratory. Composition of rations used Character of birds fed Total gains in weight Quantity of feed required Rate of gain Loss in weight due to killing and chilling. CONTENTS, Page. 2 Page. Relation of initial weight to final gain 8 Composition of broiling chickens before and after fleshing 9 Economic advantage of fleshing broilers at the packing house 10 Summary n THE WHEATLESS RATION for the commercial or coop flesh- ing of young chickens for market discussed in this bulletin offers to commercial feeders a singularly efficient and economical ration for the rapid increase of chicken flesh. This ration, composed of corn meal, dried distillers' grains (corn), and fresh buttermilk, was fed again and again throughout the whole feeding season, and produced in 14 days' coop feeding an average gain of a pound for pounds of wet feed consumed, or pounds of solids. The employment of distillers' grains makes this ration of especial importance to feeding plants accessible to distilleries engaged in producing commercial alcohol from corn. The tests reported were made under commercial rather than farm methods of feeding poultry. The aim of the commercial feeder is to increase the flesh of young birds rapidly and economically in a brief period after they are received from the farms. This necessitates the use of feeding coops which allow the chickens little exercise and the regular and abundant feed
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