. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 12 BULLETIN 21, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The lots which averaged to weigh less than 1 f pounds per bird were classed as broilers during the first part of the feeding season and the broilers and roasters were separated and fed different feeding periods after the 1st of October. Table 7.—Summary of Experiment C, 1912, Station 4, arranged according to length oj feeding EXPERIMENT D, 1911. The results of this experiment at Station 2 were quite even through- out the season, except that during the month of N
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 12 BULLETIN 21, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The lots which averaged to weigh less than 1 f pounds per bird were classed as broilers during the first part of the feeding season and the broilers and roasters were separated and fed different feeding periods after the 1st of October. Table 7.—Summary of Experiment C, 1912, Station 4, arranged according to length oj feeding EXPERIMENT D, 1911. The results of this experiment at Station 2 were quite even through- out the season, except that during the month of November there was a marked increase and great variation in the cost of gains. The lots were handled like those in Experiment C, except that roasters were fed 7 or 8 days, while broilers were on feed 14 days. This method is open to criticism because cheaper gains are produced by gradually decreasing the length of the feeding period on roasters, reaching 7 or 8 days about the middle of October, than by changing from 14 directly to 7 or 8 days as soon as the lots are separated into roasters and broilers. However, much depends on. the weather conditions, on the market, and on the economy of labor in the feeding 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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