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Comparative Metabolism Of Several Calcareous Minerals In Poultry Feeding, John T. Tripp
Comparative Metabolism Of Several Calcareous Minerals In Poultry Feeding, John T. Tripp
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In part one of this study it was found that chickens when given oyster shells, in addition to their regular diet, produced a greater number of eggs and eggs of greater shell strength than did the chickens that were given the other calcareous materials used in this experiment. Oyster shell was followed in the order of their effectiveness by clam shells, Black Hills limestone, Nenno chalk stone, and Wisconsin dolomitie limestone.