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the shoulder bhides, as indicated by the greater distance between 

 the withers and the upper border of the shoulder blade. The 

 greatest change in the body measurements- was the circumfer- 

 ence of the paunch. This however, was jjroportionately less 

 than the increase of 7.321 inches in circumference of the hind 

 flank. The fact that the distance of chest to ground and hind 

 flank to ground did not show greater difference was due to 

 lowering of tlie flank by deposition of fat in that region and the 

 fat covering over the region of the chest. The region of the 

 body possessing the most valuable eatable parts on the whole are 

 affected most in the fattening process. 



CoRRELATiox TABLES. — The following table is here pre- 

 sented as illustration of the methods used in obtaining the facts 

 presented in Tables III. and IV. : — 



Table II. — Correlation of average daily gain of steers during a 



feeding period of 120 to 140 days and the weight at the beginning 



of a feeding period. 



Conelatiug 



Correlation 

 coefficient 



Gain whith initial live weight 



Gain with increase in circum- 

 ference of chest 



Gain with initial width of rcai 

 flank . 



Gain withinitial circumference 

 of rear flank 



Gain with initial height of 

 point of shoulder. .... 



Gain with initial hcitrht of 

 rear flanck 



Gain with initial icn.nth of hip 

 to buttock . 



Gain with initial width of loin 



Gain with initial circumfer- 

 ence of chest 



Gain withinitial depth of chest 



Gain with initial width of (ore 

 flank 



Gain with initial distance of 

 chest to ground 



Gain with initial width of 

 thurls 



Gainwitli initial length of head 



Gain with initial length from 

 point of shoulder to buttock 



Gain with increase in circum- 

 ference of paunch .... 



Gain with initial hcigth of wi- 

 thers 



Gain with initial width of 

 shoulders 



Gain with initial circumference 

 of paumh 



Gain with increase in circum- 

 ference of rear flanck . . . 



Width of thiirls with height of 

 rear flank 



Circumference of chest with 

 height of withers 



Width of loin with height of 

 chest from ground . . . . 



Width of chest with depth of 

 chest 



0.182 

 020 

 306 

 1^3 

 144 

 124 

 203 

 380 

 621 

 179 

 •365 



- 0.037 



± -OS') 



± .036 



± -054 



± -055 



i: -055 



± -055 



± .049 



± -034 



± -057 



± -072 



