.7 | 68.6 | 67.1 | 70.5
Weight of blood. | 0.75 | 0.66 | 0.55 | 0.34
" " feathers. | 1.41 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 0.66
" " intestinal fat. | 0.59 | 1.98 | 0.34 | 0.66
" " offal. | 3.70 | 3.02 | 3.62 | 2.08
" " bones. | 3.47 | 3.63 | 3.18 | 2.69
" " flesh. | 11.39 | 11.47 | 8.93 | 6.20
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The breaking strain of the right tibia was as follows for the hens and
chickens of the various lots:

Average hens, nitrogenous. 48.16
" " carbonaceous. 51.74
" chickens, nitrogenous. 46.64
" " carbonaceous. 31.18

There was little difference in the strength of the bones of the hens,
undoubtedly because the bones were mature before the feeding began,
and were little affected by the feeding. We find, however, that the
bones of the chickens fed on nitrogenous food were almost fifty per
cent. (49.6) stronger than those fed carbonaceous food.

The difference in the composition of the flesh, as shown by the
analysis of Mr. W.P. Cutter, is given below:

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| |
| Hens. | Chickens.
|___________________|____________________
| | | |
| Lot I. | Lot II. | Lot I. | Lot II.
| Nitro- | Carbon- | Nitro- | Carbon-
| genous. | aceous. | genous. | aceous.
|_________|_________|_________|__________
Albuminoids. | 43.81 | 25.13 | 52.00 | 30.06
Fat. | 12.59 | 20.76 | 5.54 | 11.34
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The flesh of each group was submitted to a number of persons for a
cooking test, and the almost unanimous verdict was that the flesh of
the fowls fed a nitrogenous ration was darker colored, more succulent,
more tender, and better flavored, though on this last there was some
difference of opinion.

CONCLUSIONS.

So far as it is warrantable to draw any conclusions from a single
exp