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Table I. — Mineral Constituents of Feeds Used. 



* Fed in period I 597 grams, II, III, IV, 796 grams, V 530 grams. 



The animal was given plenty of protein and carbohydrate and 

 ate her rations well until the seventeenth day, when she began to 

 refuse varjdng amounts of feeds which were carefully gathered up 

 and analyzed, and the daily ration corrected accordingly. The 

 actual intake of the elements studied is given in Table II. This 



Table II. — Nitrogen and Phosphorus Ingested. 



