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gluten feed, and linseed meal, selected naturally with 

 reference to their market cost. 



(6) The food-cost of producing a pound of live weight 

 was 10.58 cents. The original cost of the steers and 

 the total cost of food consumed was $817.50, and the 

 selling price of the steers $460.91, leaving a loss 

 of $356.59. A reasonable allowance for the manure 

 would have been $161.00, still leaving a deficit of 

 $195.59. 



(c) The average daily gain in live weight for all 

 steers was 1.24 pounds. 



(d) In the case of the steers at pasture, the average 

 daily gain was .63 pound, and in the case of the steers 

 that were soiled 1.63 pounds. The steers made very 

 poor gains at pasture, and it seemed evident that in 

 order to secure satisfactory results ordinary pasturage 

 must be supplemented with some roughage or grain. 

 In spite of the additional daily gam when a system 

 of entire soiling was followed, the cost of this method 

 is likely to be prohibitive from the standpoint of 

 economy. 



VI. Feeding experiments with lambs (1890-1893). 



Three experiments were conducted with 18 lambs 

 dropped in the spring, and fed during the following 

 winter and early spring months. Observations were 

 made on the most suitable roughage and grams, and 

 on combinations of the same for growth and economy. 



The results secured were much the same as those 

 secured for steers. The same feeds and feed combina- 

 tions as fed to steers produced essentially the same 



