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are fairly comparable. In all cases the cattle of different ages 

 has been fed the same length of time. They were not in all 

 cases in the same state of flesh when the experiment began 

 however, so the difference in the selling price is not all due 

 to difference in condition or fatness but in part to the fact 

 that older cattle require somewhat less flesh than younger 

 cattle to sell well. 



Selling Prices of Cattle at Different Ages in Various Experiments. 



OTTAWA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



1900 192 Days. 



Weight at 



selling time 



Ibs. 



Selling price 

 $ 



Yearlings 1020 



Two-year-olds 1230 



Three-year-olds'. 



1901 203 Days. 



Calves 780 



Yearlings 1 187 



Two-year-olds 1302 



Three-year-olds 1575 



1902 1 86 Days. 



Calves 840 



Yearlings 1298 



Two-year-olds 



Three-year-olds J 597 



1903 1 80 Days. 



Yearlings 1263 



Two-year-olds 1377 



Three-year-olds 1553 



4-50 

 4.65 

 4.70 



4 50 

 4-77 

 5.00 



5-50 

 6.17 

 6.17 

 6.17 



5-25 

 5-25 

 5-25 



