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TABLE IX— Continued 

 B, ewes 



C, lambs 



Total initial weight of Group VIII (excluding 



No. 82) 728 pounds 



Total final weight of Group VIII (excluding No. 



82) 729 pounds 



Total alteration in weight of Group VIII 1 pound gain 



Average alteration in weight of Group VIII 0.0137 per cent increase 



A study of these tables corroborates the general impressions derived 

 irom daily inspections of the experimental animals, and justifies the fol- 

 lowing conclusions. 



1. The animals were not particularly large, the gains in weight were 

 small even at the best. 



2. The animals which increased most in weight were those in Groups 

 IV and V (receiving alfalfa and loco weed. Tables V and VI), their gains 

 being far ahead of those made by any other animals used in the experiment. 

 The animals in Groups I and II (Tables II and III, alfalfa but no locoweed), 

 came next, but they did not gain nearly so much. The animals in Group 

 III (Table IV, one-haK alfalfa, no loco) and Group VI (Table VII, one-half 

 alfaKa, and locoweed) were third, with gains which were nearly the same 

 in each group. As might be expected, groups VII and VIII (Tables VIII 

 and IX, no alfalfa, all locoweed), made the worst showing, and presented a 

 total actual loss of weight. 



