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was $21.42, and, considering the large gain made, the cost of production was small. 

 The fact, however, that the first weights were taken after a shrink, tended to in- 

 crease the apparently normal gains. 



Food consumed by the various lots during the S5-day experiment from Janiiary 19th to and 



including April 12th. 



Lot I. Concentrates (corn, bran, and linseed meal) 1950.75 



Lot II. Concentrates i,corn, bran, linseed meal and dried beet 



pulp) 1950.75 



Lot III. Concentrates (t.ried beet pulp, bran and linseed meal).. . . 1950.75 



Lot IV. Concentrates, (dried molasses-beet pulp and linseed meal)j 1950.75 



Lot V. Concentrates (dried beet pulp and linseed meal) ■ 1950. 75 



Pounds. 



Clover hay, 

 pounds. 



2353.00 



2147 00 

 2301.75 

 1987. CO 

 2143.76 



Cost. 



$24 82 



20 48 



21 12 

 21 80 

 20 67 



The amount of concentrates consumed In each case was exactly the same, 

 averaging 1.27 lbs. per head daily, for the period. The variation in the actual 

 amounts of roughage consumed is apparently due to the presence of pulp in the 

 ration, less hay having been consumed where the most pulp was fed. The average 

 daily consumption of hay per head ranged from 1.27 lbs. in Lot IV to 1.53 lbs. 

 in Lot L 



The above figures represent the actual amount of clover hay consumed. After 

 each feed, the racks were carefully cleaned and the refuse roughage collected and 

 weighed at intervals. The waste, which consisted mostly of grain stubble and 

 some woody stems, amounted to 6.38% of the entire roughage supplied. As the 

 clover hay was of good quality, it was almost entirely consumed, much care being 

 exercised in supplying about the proper amount at each feed. If the hay is coarse 

 and of poor quality, too close feeding may become forced feeding and interfere with 

 the gains. 



COIIN AND DRIED BEET COMPABED. 



The concentrates of the ration for Lot I consisted of corn 4 parts, bran 2 and 

 linseed meal 1, while those for Lot III consisted of dried beet pulp 4 parts, bran 

 2, and linseed meal 1. Exactly the same amount of concentrates was consumed in. 



