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sive consumption though between the ages of 80 and 110 days 

 his consumption of salt was large. 



There were no marked digestive disturbances, except in the 

 case of Calf No. 366, which was bloated for a few days before 

 death, the bowels of the animals being usually laxative though 

 not noticeajbly so. The feces were rather foul smelling. The 

 calves showed by their actions that their rations were not en- 

 tirely complete. They ate to a slight extent the shavings that 

 were at first used as bedding, gnawed the wood in th« w'alls of 

 the pen, and licked the hair from each other. These substances 

 however, were not consumed in amounts sufficient to cause very 

 noticeable digestive derangements. 



Records of the live weights and 'body measurements of the 

 calves were obtained everv^ thirty days. The live weights given 

 are the averages for three successive daily weighings. The body 

 measurements taken were height at withers, depth of chest, and 

 width at hooks. For the sake of comparison the measurements 

 of the heifer calves in the herd fed normal rations are given. 

 Difference in sex will not have much influence on these figures 

 for comiparative purposes owing to the sexual immaturity of the 

 animals and also to the fact that Calf No. 355 was castrated w^hen 

 22 days old. 



TABLE IV. 

 LIVE WEIGHTS AND BODY MEASUREMENTS. 



