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Feeds and Feeding. 



months of feeding. This is the second very interesting point, 

 and one not in accord with the usual teachings. 



122. Concerning carcasses. — When slaughtered, all the in- 

 ternal organs of each steer, together with the blood, were care- 

 fully weighed. It was found that there was no difference in the 

 amount of blood or in the size of the various organs growing out 

 of the character of the feed supplied, nor was there any marked 

 difference in the percentage of dressed carcass to live weight foi 

 the two lots. The composition of the bodies is shown in the fol- 

 lowing table: 



Co7nposition of steers^ bodies and of increased growth — Maine Station, 



Here we are shown that the bodies of the steers fed 17 months 

 contained 58.2 per cent, water and 41.8 dry substance. Taking 

 younger steers for the basis, the increase of the older ones 

 during the final 10 months of feeding is shown in the last line of 

 the table. From this we learn that 42.4 per cent, increase in 

 weight of the steers during the last 10 months was water, while 

 57.6 per cent, was dry substance. 



