REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AM) ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



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Results for the next four weeks, during which time each animal received six 

 pounds of meal per day. 



Cost of producing each 100 pounds of increase for the group, $6.79. 



Results for the remaining four weeks, during which time each animal received six 

 pounds of meal per day. 



Cost of producing each 100 pounds of increase for the group, $7.82. 



The results of the foregoing experiments appear to show that it is economical to 

 withhold the feeding of grain, or to feed but little of it, during the first portion of the 

 feeding period. The steers in group No. 1 fed without grain for the first 8 weeks 

 cost on an average 9-80 cents per day for the whole period of 111 d;iys ; group No. 2 

 11*10 cents and group No, 3 12'14 cents per day. This shows an average cost of 1"30 

 cents per day more for each animal in the second group than for those in the first 

 group, and 2-34 cents per day more for each steer in the third group than for those in 

 the first group. This makes the average cost of feeding each animal in the second 

 group for the 111 days during which these tests were continued $1.44 more than for 

 those in the first group, whil- the average gain in weight at the close of the experiment 

 was six pounds more per head in the first group than it was in the second. The steers 

 comprising the third group cost on an average $2.60 per animal more than those in the 

 first group, while the advantage in gain was only 1| pounds per head. 



Lbs. 



Group No. 1 — Total gain per steer for full feeding period 16 weeks .... 200^^ 



" No. 2 " " " « 194| 



No. 3 " " . " " 202^ 



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