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of the linseed meal. This was doubtless due to the fact that 

 this steer went off feed and scoured badly during the twenty- 

 eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth weeks of the experiment. 

 In fact he was so bad that he was removed from the experi- 

 ment at the end of the thirtieth week and placed upon another 

 ration. Taking this into consideration, it seems safe to con- 

 clude that the introduction of linseed meal into the ration of 

 the full-feed lot caused a marked increase in the efficiency of 

 the ration. 



These results indicate at least that the introduction of linseed 

 meal into the ration had a more beneficial effect in case of the 

 full-feed lot than in case of the two-thirds-feed lot, and that 

 it had a more beneficial effect in case of the two-thirds-feed 

 lot than in case of the one-third-feed lot. As a matter of in- 

 terest, we have presented in Table 8 the co-efficients of digesti- 

 bility of the dry substance of the digestion steers in Periods 

 3 and 4. 



CONCLUSIONS 



1. In Period 1 when the ration consisted of clover hay 

 one part and ground corn one part, the two-thirds-feed lot was 

 slightly more efficient than the full-feed lot. There was no 

 difference between the one-third and full-feed lots. 



2. In Period 2 when the ration consisted of clover hay one 

 part and ground corn three parts, there is an indication that 

 the one-third- feed lot was slightly more efficient than the two- 

 thirds or full-feed lots, which were about equal in efficiency. 



3. In Period 3 when the ration consisted of clover hay one 

 part and ground corn five parts there is a slight indication that 

 the efficiency of the rations varied with the amounts fed. 



4. In Period 4 when the ration consisted of clover hay one 

 part, ground corn four parts and linseed meal one part, the 

 full-feed lot apparently made more efficient gains than the 

 other two lots. 



5. Taking into consideration the entire feeding period, 

 the amount of the ration had no effect upon the efficiency. 



