Wyoming Experiment Station. 



DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS FOR GAIN. 



The following table gives information of interest in con- 

 nection with the nutritive ratio : 



TABLE D Digestible Nutrients for Gain. 

 (Compiled from Tables XI and XVII.) 



Comparing the average gain per head with the nutritive 

 ratio, we see that the gain follows the nutritive ratio very 

 closely, becoming greater as the nutritive ratio becomes nar- 

 rower, with the exception of Lot 12, where we find a widening 

 of the nutritive ratio without a corresponding decrease in 

 the gain. 



We learn little from the amount of nutrients eaten, save 

 that the alfalfa-corn lot (14) in the test which included Lots 

 2 to 14, ate less carbohydrates and more protein than any native 

 hay lot excepting the lot on native hay, barley, and oilmeal, 

 which ate slightly more protein, as well as considerably more 

 carbohydrates. 



