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Vol. III. No. 6 



Table VII. — Increments of heat production of cattle in standing 



Feeding stuff and experiment. 



Timothy hay; 



Experiment 174 — 



Steer I (period A) 



Steer I (period B) 



Steer I (period C) 



Steer I (period D) 



Steer I (periods D-A) . 

 Experiment 190 — 



Steer A (period 3) . . . . 



Steer A (period 4) . . . . 



Steer B (period 3) . . . . 



Steer B (period 4) . . . . 

 Experiment 200 — 



Steer A (period 3) . . . . 



vSteer A (period 4) . . . . 



Steer B (period 3) . . . . 



Steer B (period 4) . . . . 

 Experiment 207 — 



Steer A (period 3) . . . . 



Steer A (period 4) . . . . 



Steer B (period 3). . . . 



Steer B (period 4) . . . . 

 Red clover hay: 

 Experiment 179 — 



Steer i (period i) 



Steer i (period 2) 



Experiment 186 (series a)- 



Steer i (period i) 



Steer i (period 3) 



Steer i (period 2) 



Steer i (periods 2-1). . 

 Experiment 186 (series b)- 



Steer i (period 3) 



Steer i (period 2) 



Mixed hay; 



Experiment 211 — 



Steer D (period i). .. . 



Steer D (period 4). .. . 



Steer D (period 5). .. . 



Steer D (periods 1-5). 



Steer G (period i) . . . . 



Steer G (period 4) . . . . 



Steer G (period 5) . . . . 



Steer G (periods 1-5). 

 Alfalfa hay: 



Experiment 208 — 



Steer D (period i). .. . 



Steer D (period 2). .. . 



Steer E (period 4) . . . . 



Steer E (period 5) . . . . 



Steer E (period 6) 



Steer E (periods 4-6) . 



Steer C (period 4) . . . . 



Steer C (period 5) . . . . 



Steer C (period 6) . . . . 



Steer C (periods 4-6) . 



Average live 

 weight. 



Kilograms. 

 387 

 403 

 416 

 424 



269 

 278 

 194 

 190 



399 

 407 

 296 

 309 



507 

 514 

 374 

 385 



545 

 520 



571 

 580 

 587 



566 

 576 



460 



455 

 428 



389 

 387 

 364 



171 

 162 

 224 

 215 

 197 



2S9 

 284 

 27s 



Dry matter 



eaten per 



head. 



Grams. 

 3-237 

 4,373 



5, 480 



6, 440 



2, 001 

 3>493 

 1,774 

 2, 6io 



2,647 

 4.425 

 2,470 

 3,805 



2,974 

 4,892 



2,798 

 4,630 



4, 4S9 

 3, 144 



2,933 

 4,139 

 5,025 



4,139 

 5,025 



6, 204 

 3,498 

 1,786 



6, 092 



3,149 

 1,608 



2,155 

 1,300 

 4,170 

 2, 408 

 1,413 



4,744 

 3,099 

 2, 119 



Increment of heat pro- 

 duction per 24 hours. 



Per head. 



Calories. 

 2,258 

 2,935 

 2,913 

 2,928 



2, 206 

 2,076 

 1,774 

 1,899 



2, 052 

 2,838 

 2,233 

 2,695 



2,293 

 2,994 

 2,467 

 3,618 



4,794 

 3,679 



3,247 

 4, 018 



4,438 



3,080 

 3,452 



3,51s 

 3,147 

 3, 107 



3,764 

 4, 066 



2,077 

 1,314 

 2, 145 

 I, 683 

 I, 5'2 



2, 690 

 2, 659 

 2, 380 



Per kilogram 

 of increment 



of dry 

 matter eaten. 



Calories. 



1 598 



} 



16 

 210 



148 



442 

 346 



364 

 628 



848 



637 



474 



570 

 420 



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136 



24 

 92 



102 



764 



196 



894 



264 

 170 



230 



18 

 286 



