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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



I'ood Consumed. 



Date. 

 For Week Ending: 



April 9, 

 April 16, 

 April 2S, . 

 April 30, 

 May 7, .. 

 May 14, 

 May 21, 

 May 29, 



Total 



16« 



148 



141 



169 



216 



234.5 



231 



t60 



1,365.5 



t For two days only, Lot III was sold May 23. 



JFood Consumed per Pound of Gain in Live Weight. 



Labor Required. 



The labor of attendance is often a deciding factor in the selection 

 of stock for fattening, and it also determines the manner in which the 

 stock should be fed. The cost of the manual labor required to take 

 proper care of the stock in question sometimes determines the profit. 

 Systems of feeding that require the least labor are to be preferred, 

 provided, thej are equal as to the amount of food required and the 

 gain secured. The following table shows the amount of labor re- 

 quired for attendance for each lot during the entire feeding experi- 

 ment of 104 davs: 



Time of One Man Required for Attendance. 



• Calculated to ten animals, the number In Lot I. 



