1911. 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 



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Average Dry and Digculible Xulricnts in Daily Rations {Pounds). 



The herd averaged about 900 pounds in weight. The amount 

 of dry matter and of total digestible nutrients fed in each ration 

 was substantially the same; the high-protein ration contained 

 about .4 of a pound more digestible protein than the low-protein 

 ration. The excess over the low-])rotein ration is not marked 

 and is very much less than that fed in experiments I. and II. , 

 I )rcviousl v mentioned. 



Herd Gain in Live Weight {Pounds). 



Character of Ration. 



Gain or Loss. 



High protein. 

 Low protein, 



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Both rations caused a gain in weight, the excess being in 

 fa\or of the high-protein ration. This may have been ex- 

 pected, as the low-protein ration had rather too wide a ratio 

 to be productive of the best results. 



Protein Balance {Pounds). 



Herd Results; Periods of Sixty-three Days. 



