PEARSON’S S Q U A R E

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MARY WYN M
 WORK ACTIVITY IN FISH CULTURE THAT
NEEDS CULTIVATION

FEED FORMULATION IS THE PROCESS OF MIXING TOGETHER

VARIOUS INGREDIENTS IN RIGHT PROPORTION TO PRODUCE A
NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED DIET. CALCULATING THE RIGHT
PROPORTION OF INGREDIENTS IS EMPHASIZED BY USING
PEARSON’S SQUARE METHOD.
• IN THE EXAMPLE THAT FOLLOWS, DIET COMPOSITION IS GIVEN AS G/100G OR AS %

DIET WITH TWO INGREDIENTS :

BALANCE A 30% PROTEIN DIET WITH THE FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS:
FISH MEAL (60% CRUDE PROTEIN)
RICE BRAN (8% CRUDE PROTEIN)
 USE PEARSON’S SQUARE TECHNIQUE
• DRAW A SQUARE AND PLACE DESIRED PROTEIN LEVEL
OF THE DIET AT THE MIDDLE.

• PLACE THE TWO INGREDIENTS AND THEIR PROTEIN

CONTENT AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SQUARE

• SUBTRACT THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF EACH INGREDIENT

FROM THE DESIRED PROTEIN LEVEL OF THE FEED. PLACE THE
DIFFERENCE AT THE CORNER OF THE SQUARE DIAGONALLY
OPPOSITE THE INGREDIENTS. TAKE ABSOLUTE VALUE ONLY,
THAT IS, IGNORE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SIGNS.

• TAKE THE SUM OF THE NUMBERS AT THE RIGHT OF THE

SQUARE.
RATIONS PERCENTAGE :

(22 ÷52) X 100 = 42.31%

(30 ÷52) X 100 = 57.69%
THE DIET FORMULA IS :
FISH MEAL = 42.31 G
RICE BRAN = 57.69 G
= 100.00 GRAM DIET
TO CHECK IF THE DESIRED LEVEL OF PROTEIN WAS MET, MULTIPLY THE WEIGHT BY PROTEIN CONTENT OF
EACH INGREDIENT AND SUM UP. ( CONVERTING PERCENTAGE TO GRAMS )

FISH MEAL 42.31 G X 0.60 = 25.39

RICE BRAN 57.69 G X 0.08 = 4.61
30.0 G PROTEIN

THEREFORE, A 100 GRAM DIET WITH 30% PROTEIN, 57.69 G RICE BRAN AND 42.31 G OF THE FISH MEAL ARE
NEEDED.