TABLE 10. TOTAL AMOUNT OF FOOD EATEN AND GAIN OR LOSS 

 IN LIVE WEIGHT 



DECEMBER 20, 1898 TO FEBRUARY 24, 1899 66 DAYS. FOUR YEARLING STEERS 



IN EACH LOT 



* Whole Stover offered, 4060 Ibs.; eaten, 2560 Ibs.; refused, 1500^3.5 percent 

 refused, 36.9. Clover Hay offered, 3148 Ibs.; eaten, 2764 Ibs.; refused, 384 Ibs.; per 

 cent refused, 12.2. 



JDry matter consumed in Stover, 1813 Ibs.; Dry matter consumed in Clover, 2352 

 Ibs. 



TABLE ii. AVERAGE DAILY FOOD CONSUMED PER STEER 



DECEMBER 20, 1898 TO FEBRUARY 24, 1899 66 DAYS. FOUR YEARLING STEERS IN 



EACH LOT 



*Of the combination of Clover and Stover, 36.9 oer cent of the Stover fed was re. 

 fused, and 12.2 percent of the Clover. 



