. Annual report. Agricultural education. 1901.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 31. 215 Average Weight of Foivls (Pounds). DATES. Morning Mash. Evening Mash. Hens. Cocks. Hens. Cocks. May 29 July 30 August 15, Number of Eggs per Month, Morning v. Evening Mash, Summer Test. DATES. Evening May,. June, July, August, . September, Totals, Morning v. Evening Mash for Egg-production, Summer Test. Morning Mash. Evening Mash. Total dry matter in foods (pounds), Number of hen days, not including males, . 1,719 1,722 Number of hen days
. Annual report. Agricultural education. 1901.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 31. 215 Average Weight of Foivls (Pounds). DATES. Morning Mash. Evening Mash. Hens. Cocks. Hens. Cocks. May 29 July 30 August 15, Number of Eggs per Month, Morning v. Evening Mash, Summer Test. DATES. Evening May,. June, July, August, . September, Totals, Morning v. Evening Mash for Egg-production, Summer Test. Morning Mash. Evening Mash. Total dry matter in foods (pounds), Number of hen days, not including males, . 1,719 1,722 Number of hen days, including males, 1,941 1,944 Gross cost of food, $3 94 .68— $3 95 Gross cost of food per egg (cents), .69+ Gross cost of food per hen day (cents), .20+ .20+ Number of eggs per hen day, .34— .33+ Average weight per egg (ounces), Total weight of eggs (pounds), . Dry matter consumed per egg (pounds), . .51— .59+ Nutritive ratio,* 1+ 1 * The term nutritive ratio is used to designate the ratio existing between the total nitrog- enous and the total non-nitrogenous constituents of the feeds used, the former being regarded as a unit, and fat multiplied by It will be seen that neither in the winter nor summer ex- periment was there any very considerable difference in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural College; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Boston : [s. n. ]
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