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TAP.LE XLVIII. Showing Total Amount of Food Nutrients 



Consumed 



The daily protein consumption for the three lots shows Lots I 

 and ].[ to have consumed the same amount and Lot III, .24 pound 

 less than the first two. Lot II T consumed 74.05 per cent, as much 

 protein as did Lots I and II. The uniform amount of protein con- 

 sumed by the calves in Lots I and II is worthy of notice. 



The daily consumption of carbohydrates shows that Lot I con- 

 sumed 3.14 pounds per day, Lot II, 2.84 pounds per day and Lot III, 

 2.37 pounds per day. 



The daily fat consumption was .106 pound for Lot I, .165 pound 

 for Lot II and .189 pound for Lot 111. 



PKRCKXTAGK COST OF ALT, FKKDS FKD 



The milk portion of the ration consumed by Lot I cost 55.4 

 per cent, of the total cost, by Lot II, 62.53 P er cent, of the total 

 cost and by Lot III, 77.69 per cent, of the total cost. The skim 

 milk and calf meals in the three lots cost, approximately, the same. 

 The variation in the total cost of the milk portions of the rations 

 is due. largely, to the extra amount of whole milk consumed by 

 Lots H and HI. 



TAIM.I; XLIX. Showing Total Cost of Rations and the Percentage 

 Cost of Each Feed 



Lot 



No. 



I 



II 

 III 



Lot 

 post of 

 ration 

 dollars 



Whole 

 milk 

 per 

 cent. 



Skim 

 milk 

 per 

 cent. 



39.9 



The dry mash cost 2.62 per cent, less for Lot II and 7.15 per 

 cent, less for Lot III than for Lot I. The alfalfa hay cost 4.03 per 

 cent, less for Lot II and 14.46 per cent, less for Lot III than for 

 Lot I. 



