Excerpt from The Journal of Hygiene, Vol. 17 Experiment 2. Twelve fowls of the same breed and approximately the same Size and age were divided into three groups. An endeavour was made to feed the first group 100 grams Of rice daily, the second group 50 grams Of rice daily, and the third group 25 grams Of rice daily. Polished rice was used and the birds were hand fed. However it was very soon found that it was impracticable to feed the fowls in Group 1 as much as 100 grams of rice daily. After a few days of such feeding they were unable to digest this amount of rice with sufficient rapidity, and the rice accumulated in their crops. If feeding was then continued, after a few days more their crops became so distended with rice that the introduction of more rice became impossible without killing the bird. By the pressure developed by the swelling rice. As soon as it was found that the proposed amounts of rice could not be fed without mechanically killing the birds, the amount actually administered was weighed, and the actual amounts of rice so fed are indicated in Table II in comparison with the amounts originally proposed. 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.