---------------+----------------------------+--------------- | | Cost of feed | Feed consumed per pound | for each | of gain in live weight | pound of Age +--------+---------+---------+ gain in | Mash | Scratch | Total | live weight | | grain | | ---------------+--------+---------+---------+--------------- |_Pounds_|_Pounds_ |_Pounds_ | _Cents_ 1 to 4 weeks | 2.44 | 0.21 | 2.65 | 5.9 5 to 8 weeks | 2.41 | 0.16 | 2.57 | 5.7 9 to 12 weeks | 2.42 | 0.43 | 2.85 | 6.1 13 to 16 weeks | 3.47 | 0.42 | 3.90 | 8.8 17 to 20 weeks | 3.05 | 1.52 | 4.57 | 9.8 21 to 24 weeks | 3.09 | 3.45 | 6.54 | 13.5 25 to 28 weeks | 2.46 | 5.64 | 8.10 | 16.1 ---------------+--------+---------+---------+--------------- Table 4.--Average feed consumption per bird in periods for 70 male and 86 female Bronze turkeys in 1934 at Miles City, Mont. ---------------+--------+---------+---------- Age | Mash | Scratch | Total | | grain | ---------------+--------+---------+---------- |_Pounds_| _Pounds_| _Pounds_ 1 to 4 weeks | 1.39 | 0.12 | 1.51 5 to 8 weeks | 4.45 | 0.29 | 4.74 9 to 12 weeks | 6.67 | 1.19 | 7.86 13 to 16 weeks | 9.96 | 1.21 | 11.17 17 to 20 weeks | 9.05 | 4.52 | 13.57 21 to 24 weeks | 7.64 | 8.53 | 16.17 25 to 28 weeks | 5.19 | 11.89 | 17.08 ---------------+--------+---------+---------- Using the data contained in tables 2 and 3, it will be found that it took approximately 96 pounds of mash and scratch feed to raise a 21-pound tom to 28 weeks of age, and about 57-1/2 pounds of mash and grain to raise a 12-1/2-pound hen to that age, or about 4.6 pounds of feed for each pound of live weight, when practically all feed was furnished. It took about 4 pounds of feed for each pound of live weight up to 24 weeks of age. The birds had access to a moderate sized range lot containing native grasses, but very little feed was obtained from it during the 1934 season. DEFORMED BREASTBONES Crooked and dented breastbones in turkeys are common and sometimes cause a considerable loss to growers when the birds are marketed, since a severely crooked or very deeply dented breastbone causes the carcass to be graded as no. 2.