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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



OfE. Doc. 



From the above table it will readily be seen that Lot No. 2 made 

 the greatest avera<:^e gain per day; also, that Lot No. 1 occupies 

 a medium position between Lots Nos. 2 and 8. There it not differ- 

 ence enough in the gains of the three lots to warrant the claim 

 of marked superiority of one method over another, as the three lots 

 gave about as uniform results as would be expected from three 

 lots kept under uniform conditions. The objection to feeding a 

 number of steers in a yard or pen has been raised, (hat there is 

 likely to be both underlings and those that make unusually good 

 gains. It is true that steer No. 67, of Lot No. 1, made considerably 

 greater gain than any in Lots Nos. 2 or 3, and also that one steer, 

 No. G9, made the least gain of any of the three lots, although No. 62, 

 of Lot No. 3, which was confined in a stall, did not greatly exceed 

 the small gain of steer No. 69. While the gains of the steers of Lot 

 No. 1 occupy both extremes, yet they are sufficiently pronounced to 

 warrant any definite conclusions being drawn from these results. 

 The following table gives the amount of food consumed by each 

 lot per pound of gain of live weight: 



■a 

 c 



3 

 O 



a 





IXDt I, . 



Lot 11, 

 Lot III, 



1,698 

 1.671 

 1.572 



Prom the above it is seen that Lot. No. 2 made a pound of gain 

 in live weight with the least amount of food. This lot also made 

 the greatest total gain per day throughout the whole time of feeding. 

 While Lot No. 1 made a somewhat greater gain than Lot No. 3, it 

 evidently was at a somewhat greater expense of food, as Lot No, 



