An acid precipitate of a water extract of cow manure which was highly potent as a source of the chick growth factor was shown to possess a high potency of the hatchability factor required by hens fed an all-plant-protein diet. This result is in accord with the view that the same dietary factor influences both growth and hatchability.
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Rubin et al. (1947) studied this question.