No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



227 



been withheld for about sixteen hours. The weights at the begin- 

 ning and end of the exjjeriment were obtained bj weighing each in- 

 dividual animal on three consecutive da^s and taking the average 

 of these w^eights. It is well known that a single weight may 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 duo 1 o the variation of the water in 

 the system of the animal at the time of weighing and not to any un- 

 thrifty 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 dur- 

 ing two or four weeks of the feeding, as indicated by the table of 

 weights. Animal No. 68 of Lot No. 1, at the third and fourth weigh- 

 ing, indicated a loss of 77 pounds for four w^eeks, 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 unprofitable feeding condition. The following table 

 gives the gain of each individual of each lot: 



63. 



6-i. 

 65. 

 66, 

 67 

 68. 

 69. 

 70, 



51, 

 52, 

 53, 

 54. 

 55, 

 56. 



57, 

 58. 

 59, 

 60. 

 61, 

 62, 



Steer No. 



Total, .. 

 Average, 



Total, . , 

 Average. 



Total. .. 

 Average, 



959 

 1,013 



,0<j5 

 ,015 

 ,023 

 972 

 911 

 911 

 ■8S4 

 788 



9,481 



882 

 ,015 

 96:5 

 862 

 976 

 992 



,690 



1,065. 



1,064. 

 S72 

 SSS. 

 RS9 

 923. 



5,703 



1,122.5 

 1,242.5 

 1,249 

 1,216 

 1,342 

 1,193 

 1,065 

 1.069.5 

 1,128 

 990 



11,617.5 



1,127 



1.182.5 



1,184.5 



1.128 



1,238 



1,191.5 



7,051.5 



1,257.5 

 1,244 



1,110.5 

 1.096.5 

 1.087 

 1,087.5 



6,883 



163.5 



229.5 



244 



201 



319 



221 



154 



158.5 



244 



202 



2,136.5 



245 



167.5 



221.5 



266 



262 



199.5 



1,361.5 



192 

 179.5 



238.5 

 208 

 198 

 164 



1,180 



17.05 

 22.06 

 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 



18.02 

 16.81 

 27.35 

 23.41 

 22.28 

 17.76 



■a 

 c 



3 

 O 

 Q, 



■d 



L, 



<U 



O. 

 C 



o 



1.57 

 2.21 

 2.35 

 1.93 

 3.07 

 2.13 

 1.48 

 1.52 

 2.35 

 1.94 



20.54 

 2.05 



2.36 

 1.62 

 2.13 

 2.56 

 2.52 

 1.92 



13.09 

 2.18 



1.85 

 1.72 

 2.29 

 2.00 

 1.90 

 1.57 



11.54 

 1.89 



