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Fig. 2. — Experiment steers as tliey came from the field, January 8, 1920 



ment, conformation, weight, and other characteristics, with the one 

 exception that the animals in Lot I were high-grade Holsteins, and 

 Lots IV, V, and VI each contained one of the high-grade Holstein 

 steers. There was very little difference in the condition of the differ- 

 ent animals, but the Holstein steers were probably a little thinner 

 than those sired by the Polled Shorthorn bull. The animals cost 

 10 cents a pound, the weights being taken after they were driven 

 about six miles without feed or water. Each of the animals was 



TABLE I— ANIM.ALS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EXPERIMENT, 

 JANUARY 9 1920 



