516 Report of the Department of Animal Husbandry of the 



Fat Balance, 

 Dailji for Periods. 



Eatioii 1. Normal foods 



Preliiiiinary i)eriod ; Ration 2 



Ext met fd foods 



Extinct ed foods 



Transi'ioii period 



Extracted foods 



Estrarted foods 



Transition peiiod 



Exti-actcd foods 



Extracted foods 



Eatioii 2. 

 Ealiou 3. 



Ration 4. 

 Ration 5. 



Ration 2. 

 Ration 2. 



Lbs. 



0.51 

 .74 

 .68 

 .70 

 .68 

 .58 

 .54 

 .47 

 .60 

 .57 



DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 



General Remarks. 



It is proper to preface a discussion of the results of the experi- 

 ment by the statement that these foods of a quite unusual char- , 

 acter seemed to have no ill effect upon the health of the cow. 

 Her general appearance was all that could be desired. As maj 

 be seen by the foregoing figures, the weights of water drank and 

 of urine excreted were somewhat abnormally large, but it was 

 not discovered that any febrile or other diseased condition 

 existed. 



The general appearance of the animal indicated a steady in- 

 crease in adipose tissue throughout the experiment, except that 

 during the feeding of Ration 5 there appeared to be no especial 

 change. All the points by which a butcher judges the fatness of 

 an animal indicated that at the end of the experiment the cow 

 was in much better condition for the shambles than at the begin- 

 ning. This is also shown by her generous increase in weight. 

 Her uniformity in w^eight, save in a few cases where large varia- 

 tions were due to a failure to drink, gave to the live weights theii* 

 maximum value as a guide to conclusions. 



