Excerpt from Agricultural Experiments, 1929 The feed consumption of the meal - fed chicks was greater than for the Oil-fed ones; ounces of feed per chick were consumed by the meal-fed chicks during the period Of the experiment, compared to ounces for the 1 per cent, ounces for the 2 per cent, ounces for the 3 per cent, and ounces for the 4 per cent Oil-fed. The hatchability of eggs from 150 meal-fed breeding pullets was 10 per cent greater than those from a similar number from the oil-fed. The percentages are and respectively. Of fertile eggs set the hatch ability percentages are and (state Fund.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.