Show RAISING CAPONS AND COCKERELS with a view to obtaining definite showing the relative size und ond rate of growth of capons camons and cocker els tile tho author carried out experiments in 1010 1019 nt at tho the maryland agri cultural experiment station forty two white Illy plymouth mouth rock cockerell cockerels cocker cocke els relm all hatched on may 28 in tho the same eaino incubator were divided into two groups as nearly equal as possible as regard health and vigor on may 80 30 one of the groups were the two groups were kept entirely separate find and their gain in weight and tho the food they consumed were recorded until october I 1 both groups had access to poultry yards measuring 18 15 by feet and after that date they were confined to io open front houses 15 by 15 feet in size alzo until january 10 the following dry mash was fed to both groups ad libi tum bran pounds wheat ald pounds beef scrap 80 pounds bono bone meal 5 pounds salt I 1 pound A mixture of white maize and wheat was also given is as a scratch feed F from rom january 17 the following fattening ration was fed malzo meal pounds wheat CO 50 pounds beet beef scrap 20 pounds lucerno meal 80 30 pounds salt 1 pound and in addition wheat and yellow maize were given twice dully daily from may 28 1010 to february 7 1020 20 the average feed eaten mash plus grain by the capons camons and cock berels respectively was pounds and 02 pounds and the gains made were pounds and oso pounds it H walte of maryland state college of agriculture |