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FEEDING EXPEEIMENTS 



of I'O to 1-2 lb. albuminoids per 100 Ib. live weight per week, produced, 

 on the average, the maximum rate of increase. 



8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 

 Starch, etc., in lb., consumed per 1000 lb. live-weight per day. 

 FIG. 9. Bullock-feeding experiments. 



18 



In Fig. 11 the correlation is even better, 12 or 13 lb. of non -al- 

 buminoids, expressed as starch, giving the maximum rate of increase. 



0-4 0-6 0-8 1-0 1-2 1-4 1-6 1-8 2-0 



Digestible albuminoids, in lb., consumed per 100 lb. live-weight per week. 



FIG. 10. Sheep-feeding experiments. 



To render the results with sheep comparable with those with 

 bullocks it is only necessary to multiply the figures for the former by 



