No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



501 



The weights at the beginning and end of the experiment were ob- 

 tained hy weighing each individual animal on three consecutive days 

 and taking the average of these weights. It is well known that 

 a single weight maj- be quite misleading as regards the true weight 

 of the animal. As shown in the table of weights, some individuals 

 at some weighings apparently lost weight. This is undoubtedly 

 due to the variation of the water in the system of the animal at 

 Hie time of weighing and not to any unthrifty condition at that 

 time, as some of these animals have made most excellent gains 

 throughout the whole period of feeding, which would not have been 

 expected had they actually lost in weight during two or four weeks 

 of the feeding, as indicated b}^ the table of weights. Animal No. 

 68 of Lot No. 1, at the third and fourth weighing, indicated a loss 

 of 77 pounds for four weeks, while this animal gained throughout 

 the whole period an average of 2.13 pounds per day. Without doubt, 

 the weights were misleading and the animal did not show an un- 

 profitable feeding condition. The following table gives the gain of 

 each individual of each lot: 



steer No. 



■o 



B 



3 

 O 



a 



Q. 



C 



"3 

 O 



63. 



64, 



65. 

 66, 

 67. 

 G8, 

 69, 

 70, 

 "1, 

 72, 



51, 

 52, 

 53, 

 54, 

 55, 

 56, 



57, 

 58, 

 59, 

 60. 

 61, 

 62, 



95S 

 1,013 



1,005 



015 

 C23 

 972 

 911 

 911 

 SS4 

 7SS 



Total ! 9,481 



Average, \ 



SS2 

 1,015 

 963 

 862 

 976 

 992 



Total, .. 

 Average, 



5,690 



Total, .. 

 Average, 



1,065.5 

 1,064.5 



872 



SSS.5 



889 



923.5 



5,703 



1,122.5 



1,242.5 



1,249 



1,216 



1,342 



193 

 065 



C63.i 



12S 



990 



11,617.5 



127 



182.5 



184.5 



12S 



::38 



191.5 



7,051.5 



1,257.5 

 1,244 



1,110..=; 



1,096.5 



1,087 



1,087.5 



6,883 



163.5 



229.5 



214 



^01 



319 



221 



1S4 



?^8.5 



244 



202 



2.136.5 



245 



167. 5 



221.5 



266 



262 



109.5 



17.05 

 22.66 

 24.28 

 19.91 

 31.18 

 22.74 

 16.90 

 17.40 

 27.60 

 25.63 



27.78 

 16.50 

 23.00 

 30.86 

 26.86 

 20.12 



1.3P1.5 



192 



179.5 



238.5 



208 



198 



164 



1.180 



18.02 

 16.81 

 27.35 

 23.41 

 22.28 

 17.76 



1.57 

 2.21 

 2.35 

 1.93 

 3.07 

 2.13 

 1.48 

 1.52 

 2.35 

 1.94 



20.54 

 2.05 



2.^6 

 1.62 

 2.13 

 2. -6 

 2.52 

 1.92 



13.09 

 2.18 



1.85 

 1.72 

 2.29 

 2.00 

 1.90 

 1.57 



11.34 

 1.89 



