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During the whole time of feeding there was no time when any 

 animal did not readily consume its ration, and the gain in weight 

 was rapid ajid uniform. Table XII gives the total weights of the 

 two lots a;t different periods during the experiment; also the 

 total gain and the gain per day for each lot. 



Table XII. 



Lot 1 Lot 2. 

 Pounds. Pounds. 



December twenty-third 123 L18 . 5 



January twenty-first 176 . 5 K^S 



INIarch seventh 281 257 



Ajwil seventh 377 359 



April twenty-seventh 429 438 



Total gain 300 319 . 5 



Gain per head per day 1 . 22 1 . 27 



Since these two lots, fed on widely differing rations, had made 

 so good a growth, about one and one-fourth jtounds per day, per 

 animal, during the entire experiment, and were so neai'ly alike in 

 total weight and general appearance, it was thought best to apper- 

 tain if there was any marked difference in the composition of 

 meat from the animals of the two lots. Accordingly a section 

 was taken from the carcass of each hog between the eleventh and 

 thirteenth ribs. These sections were skinned, the bone removed, 

 and then ran through a sausage cutter, thoroughly mixed and 

 samples taken to the chemist for analysis. 



Table XIII gives the results of the analysis for each sample: 



Table XIII. 



