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Fig. 3. — Steers in the feed lots, March 29, 1920 



ent lots at the close of the test. Table V gives the value of the ani- 

 mals at the end of the first 77 days on feed. 



TABLE v.— ESTIMATED VALUE OF ANIMALS AT THE END OF 77 DAYS 



Value per hundred 

 live weight 



Lot I 



$10.25 



Lot II 

 $10.75 



Lot HI 

 $10.60 



Lot IV 

 $11.20 



Lot V 

 $11.35 



Lot VI 

 $11.59 



Local butchers estimated that there was a range of $1.25 per 

 hundred between the value of the steers in Lots I and VL Lot II 

 was fatter than Lots I and III and estimated to be worth 15 cents 

 per hundred more than Lot III. Lots IV, V, and VI were distinctly 

 fatter than any of the other lots. 



