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Comparing; next, these results with those of the year before,, 

 we get table No. 4. This table is classified so as to compare the 

 results for the experiment period and also for the whole time of 

 the test. It will be noticed that for the experiment period the oat 

 ration in both years gave the poorest results, requiring the most 

 food for each pound of gain. The mixed grain ration, on the other 

 hand was the most efficient ration for both years. For 1903 the 

 wheat ration proved a little superior to the barley ration and in 

 1904 the converse of this was the result. Considering the average 

 for the two years we find that in 1903 it required 15.3 pounds of 

 hay and 2.61 pounds of grain for each pound of gain. In 1904, 11.5 

 pounds of hay and 2.35 pounds of grain were eaten for each pound 

 of gain, so that a little more economic gains were obtained during- 

 the winter of 1904. 



TABLE No. IV. A Comparison of the Food Eaten for one Pound 

 During 1903 and 1904. 



of Gam 



Considering, next, the whole time of feeding, again a close re- 

 lation between the results of the two years is apparent. On the 

 average in 1903 it required 12.8 pounds of hay and 1.9 pounds of 

 grain for each pound of gain, and in 1904 it required 10.97 pounds of 

 hay and 2.09 pounds of grain for each pound of increase in live 

 weight. 



