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Show Feed Values Compared Four lots of cockerels with eltfht In each lot were used at the Dominion Kxperhiicntnl station, nt Scott, Sask., to compare the following mixtures and systems of fattening: 1 Equal parts of wheat, oats, barley and potatoes 2 Wheat alone. 3 Wheat, oats and barley In equal part. 4 Same mixture as lot three. F,ots 1, 2 and 3 were fed In standard fattening crates hut lot 4 was fed In a pen 8 by 14 feet. The test continued for 20 days and the total pains per lot of eight birds were as follows: 1 Wheat, oats, barley, bar-ley, potatoes, grain, 13.3 pounds. 2 Wheat nlone. 12.3 pounds. 3 Wheat, oats, barley (crate fed), 12.S pounds. 4 Wheat, oats, barley (pen fed). 13.1 pounds. The total cost of feed was r,.'!, r,3. 4S, and 40 cents, respectively. The pen fed lot made slightly greater gains than the crate fed lot getting the same feed. |