516 Report of the Department of Animal Husbandry of the 



Fat Balance. 

 DaUy for Periods. 



rations. 



Eation 1. Normal foods 



Pre!irnin:iry period; Ration 2 



Eat ion 2. Exiracti-d foods 



Eaiiou 3. Extract eil foods 



Trausi'ioii period 



Eation 4. Evtracred fooils 



Eation 5. Exlraifeii foods 



Tr:insition jiei iud 



Eation 2. Extracted foods 



Eation 2. Extracted foods 







Lbs. 



0.51 

 .74 

 .68 

 .70 

 .68 

 .58 

 .54 

 .47 

 .60 

 .57 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 



General Remarks. 



It is proper to preface a discussion of the results of the experi- 

 ment by the statement that these foods of a quite unusual char- 

 acter seemed to have no ill effect upon the health of the cow. 

 Her general appearance was all that could be desired. As maj 

 be seen by the foregoing figures, the weights of water drank and 

 of urine excreted were somewhat abnormally large, but it was 

 not discovered that any febrile or other diseased condition 

 existed. 



The general appearance of the animal indicated a steady in- 

 crease in adipose tissue throughout the experiment, except that 

 during the feeding of Ration 5 there appeared to be no especinl 

 change. All the points by which a butcher judges the fatness of 

 an animal indicated that at the end of the experiment the cow 

 was in much better condition for the shambles than at the begin- 

 ning. This is also shown by her generous increase in weight. 

 Her uniformity in weight, save in a few cases where large varia- 

 tions were due to a failure to drink, gave to the live weights their 

 maximum value as a guide to conclusions. 



